Odisha rape survivor kills herself, 2nd case since January

A few days before the incident, the Kunduli gang rape victim had committed suicide by hanging herself.

Update: 2018-05-01 19:52 GMT
The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved for tightening the law against people involved in rape, following the public outcry over cases of sexual assault and murder of minors in Kathua and Surat and the rape of a girl in Unnao.

BHUBANESWAR: Unable to bear “shame” and “disgrace”, a  rape survivor allegedly killed herself by consuming poison in Nuagaon block of Nayagarh district, police said on Tuesdays.

“I had gone out for work and when I returned home, she was lying dead with a bottle of poison lying beside her,” her brother said.

The girl was allegedly raped six months ago by one Debraj Barik . Family members came to know about the incident after the girl got pregnant following which they lodged a complaint at Nuagaon police station in March.

The accused was immediately arrested and is presently undergoing jail term. Earlier in January, a minor girl in Khurda district who was allegedly raped by a youth, had committed suicide alleging police inaction. A few days before the incident, the Kunduli gang rape victim had committed suicide by hanging herself.

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