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Panchayat lets off rapists with warning, victim hangs self

-PTI

A 13-year-old gangrape victim allegedly committed suicide after she was not allowed to file a police complaint allegedly by the local panchayat, who reportedly let off the rapists with a mere warning.

The girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself with a dupatta in her house in the Garhmukteshwar town under Panchsheel Nagar district, 70 km from here, on Saturday evening, the police said.

The victim was allegedly gangraped by three youths on Wednesday when she had gone to attend a wedding, they said. When she complained to her parents, they took the matter to the panchayat, officials said, adding the panchayat allegedly did not allow her to file a police complaint and let off the accused with a mere warning.

Locals protested against the police and the panchayat after her suicide for allegedly protecting the accused and demanded immediate action against them.

Investigation in the matter is on, police said.

Groom elopes with mother of three

Leaving his newly wedded bride in the lurch, a man eloped with a mother of three children one day after his marriage, the police said here on Sunday.

Sanjay got married at Parikshhat Garh in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, but eloped with a woman in his neighbourhood the following day, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Jagdish Sharma said.

The woman's husband then filed a police complaint against Sanjay, Mr. Sharma said, adding the newly-wedded girl's family too filed a complaint.

A missing persons report for the eloped couple has also been lodged and investigation is on, Mr. Sharma said.