Meerut gangrape: 15-yr-old victim dies in UP village; two arrested for rape, assault

Meerut: A Class 10 student was allegedly abducted and gangraped by four men in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district on Friday.

According to the police, the 15-year-old died by suicide after the incident but, the kin of the victim said she was poisoned by the accused.

The girl belonging to a village under the Sardhana Kotwali area consumed poison after returning home on Thursday evening, said police adding she died in the hospital during the treatment.

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Meerut's Rural Superintendent of Police Keshav Kumar said four youths were involved in abducting and raping the girl and the police, on the basis of a suicide note left by the girl, have arrested two of the accused and have launched a manhunt to nab two others.

In her suicide note, the girl had named four men, including Lakhan and Vikas from a neighbouring village, besides two others. Lakahn and Vikas have been arrested while the police are on the lookout for two others, the SP said.

After returning home, she narrated her the incident to her parents and consumed some poisonous substance sometime later, prompting her parents to rush her to the SSD Global Hospital in Modipuram, where she died during the treatment.