17-yr-old apprehended for rape after girl hangs self: Police

Police have apprehended a 17-year-old boy in connection with the alleged rape and suicide of a minor in Saifni police station area here, an official said on Saturday.

According to the police complaint lodged by the victims brother, the boy is a neighbour and he had visited their house a few days ago, during which he allegedly raped the 15-year-old girl.

On learning about the incident, the girls relatives asked the boy to marry their daughter, but his parents rejected the proposal saying that he was a minor, Additional Superintendent of Police Sansar Singh said.

The victims relatives alleged that she hanged herself because the boy refused to marry her.

Based on the complaint of her brother, a case was registered and the boy was apprehended, police said.

Meanwhile, the victims brother, who works as a labourer, told

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