15-year-old Warangal girl kills self after bike ride with two ends in rape

HYDERABAD: A 15-year-old student, who was allegedly gangraped on Saturday by two persons, including a minor, committed suicide at her residence in Warangal on Sunday. Hours later, the two culprits were taken into custody.
Warangal police said the minor girl, a Class 9 student, hanged herself from the ceiling when her grandmother went out to the washroom.
On Saturday morning , the culprits, who were acquaintances of the girl, went to her residence and took her on a bike for a ride, Warangal police said.She was reportedly taken to the outskirts of Warangal and allegedly gangraped by the duo, including the 16-year-old boy. In the evening, the two dropped her near her residence, police added.
When the grandmother of the girl asked about her long absence and her torn dress, the girl narrated her ordeal. According to the grandmother, the girl had told her on Saturday night that the accused should get strict punishment.
On Sunday morning, when the grandmother went to the washroom, the minor girl committed suicide. After the elderly woman discovered that the girl committed suicide, she alerted locals, who in turn called police.
During investigation, the girl’s grandmother narrated the sequence of events since Saturday which allegedly pushed the minor girl to commit suicide. The girl’s father had died a few years ago and she was staying with her grandmother.
Though she did not leave any suicide note, based on a complaint lodged by her grandmother a case was registered under the Sections 376 (rape) and 306 (abetment to suicide) of the IPC, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act by Kakatiya University police.