MEERUT: A 14-year-old girl died by suicide at her house days after she was gang-raped by three minors in Khurja area of Bulandshahr district. According to police, the boys, aged between 13 and 17 years, took the girl and her three-year-old brother out for a bike ride on June 28, but they instead took her to a secluded place and gang-raped her.After returning home, she narrated her ordeal to her mother. Subsequently, an FIR was registered under BNS section 70 (2) (gang rape) and 5/6 of the Pocso Act. One of the accused was sent to a juvenile home, while two are at large, said police.The victim’s mother told police that on Tuesday morning, she went out for work, leaving the girl at home. When she returned in the evening, she found the door locked from the inside. Despite knocking on the door repeatedly, there was no response.
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A relative said, “After the assault, the traumatised girl used to remain silent and always stayed at home. She was under severe mental stress.” The mother then entered her house from the roof via a neighbour’s house and found her daughter hanging. Locals alerted police and took the girl to hospital where she was declared dead.“The woman had left her son at her relative’s house, leaving the daughter alone at home. Probe is underway. No suicide note was recovered. The body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem examination,” said circle officer Poornima Singh.
