Jalalabad (Pb), Oct 29 (PTI) A 17-year-old girl diedafter she was allegedly raped by three youths in Punjab'sFazilka district here, police said today.
The incident occurred on October 25 when the girl wasreturning home from school when three motorcycle-borne youths,including a minor boy, allegedly waylaid her, as per acomplaint lodged by the victim's mother, they said.
The victim, a Class 11 student, was taken to nearbyfields where she was raped by the three youths, DeputySuperintendent of Police (Jalalabad) Amarjit Singh said.
She died of excessive bleeding last night, Singh said.
He said the victim's family did not disclose about theincident to the police who came to know about it after avillager informed them about the death of the girl.
On the basis of the complaint, a case of murder andgangrape was registered against a minor youth and twounidentified persons.
The body has been sent for a postmortem, the DSP said.
No arrests have been made so far, he said, addinginvestigations were underway. PTI CHS VSDKJ.
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