27 October,2016 07:07 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Seven months after a Haryana rape survivor was made to marry her rapist, the 19-year-old committed suicide by hanging herself. Her mother revealed that she was subjected to physical and mental torture
Seven months after a Haryana rape survivor was made to marry her rapist, the 19-year-old committed suicide by hanging herself on Tuesday.
The girl was forced to marry her rapist on the intervention of panchayat. As per Times of India, the rape survivor was tortured by her in-laws and which triggered her.
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The rape incident dates back to October 2015 at Jagadhri in Yamunanagar district of Haryana. The culprit Anuj was arrested by the police, but he offered to marry the rape victim. The rape victim was then a minor. Though after panchayat intervention, she agreed to marry her rapist. The couple got married in March and in July, Anuj was cleared from the rape charge after the girl was presented as a witness in Anuj's favour.
Seven months after marriage she hanged herself to put an end to the torture. A case has been registered at Jagadhri City Police station by the victim's mother.
"She was subjected to physical and mental torture. They had an altercation on Monday as well," said Jagadhri City SHO Sunil Kumar, told the daily.
The victim's mother blamed her in-laws and alleged that her daughter was killed. She told the police that Anuj and his parents had been harassing her daughter to bring dowry and to pay their legal expenses in the rape case.