gang raped indian teenager kills herself

a 17yr old indian girl who was gang raped killed herself after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative said on thursday.

amid the ongoing uproar over the gang rape of a student on a bus in new delhi earlier this month, the latest case has again shone the spotlight on the police handling of sex crimes.

one police officer has been sacked and another suspended over their conduct after the assault during the festival of diwali on the 13th of november in the patiala region in the punjab, according to officials.

the teenager was found dead on wednesday night after swallowing poison.

the names, addresses and photographs of convicted rapists will be posted online by police in india to publicly shame them for their crimes

inspector general paramjit singh gill said that the teenager had been “running from pillar to post to get her case registered” but officers failed to open a formal inquiry.

“one of the officers tried to convince her to withdraw the case,” gill, the police chief for the area, told AFP.

before her death, there had been no arrests over her case although three people were detained on thursday. two of them were her alleged male attackers and the third was a suspected woman accomplice.

the victims sister told indian television that the teenager had been urged to either accept a cash settlement or marry one of her attackers.

“the police started pressuring her to either reach a financial settlement with her attackers or marry one of them,” her sister told the NDTV network.