Minor girl gang-raped, set ablaze on rooftop; accused absconding

A 14-year-old girl was gang-raped and later set ablaze by three people on the terrace of her house in Rawla town of Sri Ganganagar on Friday.

According to the police, an aunt who lives in the same neighbourhood saw the child burning and rushed her to a local hospital. She was later shifted to a government hospital in Bikaner.

According to the girl’s statement, the accused entered her house around 11 pm and raped her. They returned at 5 am, dragged her to the terrace and set her on fire by pouring kerosene. “The three youths who were on the rooftop of an adjacent house climbed over to her terrace and gang-raped the child,” the police said. The girl’s grandparents were sleeping in the house at the time of the incident. The accused have been identified as Sonu, Vijay and Vikki, and are absconding.

This is the third rape case reported in the state after two cases of rape involving 3-year-old girls rocked Jaipur within a week.   


14 held for parading couple naked

A woman and her lover were stripped, paraded naked and tied to a tree for two days reportedly by her husband and villagers, DHNS reports from Jaipur.

They also posted nude pictures of the couple on social media. Police have arrested 14 people in the incident, which took place in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district.  

According to the police, the 26-year-old woman, a resident of Kasotia village in the tribal area, was reportedly in a live-in relationship with her lover Lalu Ram, a resident of Khodi Pipli Tekan village.

The couple was taken hostage by the woman's husband Bhanwar Lal and a few locals on June 20 near Bhatevar village.  Assistant Superintendent of Police Chandrasheel told DH: "We have rescued the woman, who is safe with her parents at Lal ka Goda village.”