Meerut (UP): In what can be called as a gruesome crime, a woman was allegedly sold for Rs 10,000 and raped by people for whom she was forced to work as domestic help. The woman set herself on fire after UP police refused to register her complaint.

According to the Delhi Commission for Women, the victim has sustained 80 per cent burn injuries and is now being treated at a Ghaziabad hospital. Senior officials have turned her away and refused to register the complaint.