Class IX girl burnt alive for ‘revenge’ in Bihar

Jitendra K Shrivastava

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Tribune News Service

Patna, June 14

A Class IX girl was allegedly burnt alive by her two neighbourhood youths at her home at Harpur Bochaha in Bihar’s Samastipur district as they wanted to “teach the victim’s family a lesson”.

Akanksha was rushed to Patna in a critical condition on Tuesday evening. She died after the police recorded her statement at a private hospital on Wednesday.

According to her statement, she was reading in her room when the accused, Amit Kumar and his brother Sumit Kumar, surreptitiously entered the room. They muffled her mouth and tied her hands and legs before pouring kerosene oil on her and setting her afire.

Irate villagers blocked Bidyapati Nagar-Mahanar road in Samastipur and demanded the arrest of the accused who are absconding. Villagers lifted the blockade after the police assured them of nabbing the accused.

“Amit had abducted a girl of my village recently. Since we had protested the abduction, Amit threatened us of dire consequences. They eventually burnt my daughter,” said Sunil Kumar, father of Akanksha.

“After postmortem, the body was handed over to the family. Raids are being conducted at the possible hideouts of the accused. They would be arrested soon,” said Nawal Kishore, Superintendent of Police, Samastipur. 

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