NEW DELHI – A 17-year-old girl committed suicide in Haryana’s Mewat afterallegedly being abducted and raped by eight men in Nuh district, the policesaid on Wednesday.
The girl was found in an unconscious state after she was gang-raped in asecluded area near Mohan road in the district, the victim’s father said inhis complaint to the police. She was abducted by the men who belong to hervillage and neighbouring areas on Sunday morning, when her family memberswere not home.
“We are conducting multiple raids at various places where the accused couldbe hiding. They will be arrested soon,” said Rozka Mev police officer JaiBhagwan. The police have registered a case of abduction, gang rape andabetment to suicide against the accused. The autopsy report of the girl’sbody was awaited as of press time.
The girl’s family members said they tried to counsel her after the crime,but she hanged herself in her room after they left for work on Tuesdaymorning.
The father of the girl said she identified the accused, who had stalked herin the past and misbehaved with her.
He also alleged that influential people from the village, including familymembers of the accused, had tried convincing him to not file a policecomplaint.