UP: 12-year-old girl burnt alive for resisting rape attempt

November 09, 2013 20:41

A 12-year-old girl was burnt alive allegedly by two youths when she resisted their attempt to rape her in a village in Kotwali area in Lalitpur, UP.

The accused Rohit Thakur, 22, and Shiv Shankar, 20, who have been arrested, poured kerosene on the girl and set her ablaze after she raised an alarm when they attempted to rape her in Patsemra village on Friday, SP Vijay Yadav said today.

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