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A teenage girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehput allegedly consumed poison and died, a day after she was raped by a youth in her village, the police said on Thursday.
The event occurred in the district’s Chandpur police circle.
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On Tuesday evening, the 15-year-old Dalit girl went to a forested area near the village to relieve herself, according to Fatehpur Superintendent of Police Rajesh Kumar Singh.
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When the girl did not return home until late at night, her parents went on the lookout and discovered her in a condition of disarray in the forest, according to the SP.
The girl, on the other hand, ingested a deadly chemical on Wednesday and died during treatment, according to the SP.
He said the accused juvenile was brought into jail for interrogation after a case was filed on the girl’s parents’ complaint.
The body of the girl was sent for a post-mortem examination.
(with inputs from IANS)
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