Another teen raped, set on fire in India
Abdur Razzak: An Indian girl is battling for her life after allegedly being raped and set ablaze in the eastern state of Jharkhand, police said, days after another teenager was burned to death in the same state.
The 16-year-old suffered first-degree burns to 70 percent of her body after being set on fire in a village in the Pakur district of Jharkhand on Friday, police said.
She is being treated at a hospital in Berhampur, West Bengal, the Hindustan Times reported on Monday.
District police have arrested a 19-year-old suspect, the Times said.
This is the second such attack on a minor in the eastern state in the past week.
According to her family members, the eighth-grade student was abducted from her cousin’s home and gang raped on Thursday night.
The suspect also attacked the girl’s parents and set their home on fire with the teenager inside. Aljazeera