Beed: 16-Year-Old Girl Who Consumed Poison After Rape by Uncle Dies in Hospital

A 16-year-old girl who attempted suicide after being raped allegedly by her paternal uncle died on Friday, April 10, while undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Maharashtra's Beed district, a police official told the news agency PTI.

The girl was raped on April 5 in a remote village in the Balaghat mountain range while returning home from a nearby cattle shed, triggering outrage among residents of Kaij tehsil.

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"She consumed poison in distress shortly after the incident. She died at Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Government Medical College and Hospital where she was admitted in a critical condition," Kaij police station sub inspector Umesh Nikam said. The main accused has been arrested, while his associate is on the run, the official said.