Woman Raped And Set On Fire

A 34-year-old pregnant woman was allegedly raped by three men and set on fire in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, and is battling for her life in a hospital, police said on Saturday.

According to a complaint lodged by the woman's husband, Shakoor Khan broke into their home on Thursday and raped his wife when she was alone. He then poured an acid-like chemical on her and set her on fire.

A Dalit woman was allegedly raped and set on fire in Rajasthan's Barmer district, police said on Friday. The victim, who suffered 40 per cent burn injuries, is undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Jodhpur, they said.

A 23-year-old woman was doused with petrol and set on fire in her home in Hazaribag allegedly by four persons for resisting a rape attempt, police said on Monday.

A social activist has pleaded to Chief Justice NV Ramana to transfer rape trial of a 24-year-old woman, who attempted to kill herself with a man outside the Supreme Court, from UP to Delhi and investigation into the case by an independent agency.

A 24-year-old woman, who had set herself ablaze in front of the Supreme Court's gates in New Delhi on August 16, died on Tuesday. She had accused BSP MP Atul Rai of raping her in Varanasi and then alleged that the police were harassing her.

A woman was allegedly gang-raped and later set on fire by a father-son duo after hitching a ride on their cart on the way home in Mishrikh area in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur, police said on Friday.

A 48-year-old woman was allegedly raped and assaulted by a driver on Wednesday in Tripura, leading to locals blocking road in protest. The survivor and some villagers gathered at a police station in western Tripura's Sepahijala district, demanding the arrest of the accused.

A 10-year-old tribal girl sustained burn injuries in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district when two men entered her house and tried to set her mother on fire demanding that the latter withdraw the rape case registered against one of them, police said on Saturday.

An 18-year-old woman, whose family had alleged that she was raped and set ablaze in Fatehpur, died from the burn injuries at a hospital Kanpur, officials said.

A man was arrested for allegedly raping and setting on fire an 18-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur city, the police said today. According to doctors, the woman sustained over 90 per cent burn injuries and her condition is critical.

A teenage girl in Uttar Pradesh was allegedly raped and set on fire on Saturday, just days after massive outrage in the country over the death of a woman who was set on fire in the state's Unnao district earlier this month by men accused of raping her.

A young woman's charred body was found in Bihar's Buxar district which had triggered speculation of rape and murder, turned out to be a case of honour killing and the main accused, the father of the victim, has been arrested, a top police official claimed on Tuesday.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Bihar government and the state police chief on Monday over reports that a woman was set on fire by a man after he tried to abuse her, officials said.

One of the two men accused of raping a 23-year-old woman and setting her on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao was given bail in the rape case on the condition that he should not influence witnesses. The woman received 90 per cent burn injuries and died during treatment at a hospital in Delhi, where she was airlifted on Thursday.

A 34-year-old pregnant woman was allegedly raped by three men and set on fire in Madhya Pradesh's Morena district, and is battling for her life in a hospital, police said on Saturday.

According to a complaint lodged by the woman's husband, Shakoor Khan broke into their home on Thursday and raped his wife when she was alone. He then poured an acid-like chemical on her and set her on fire.

A Dalit woman was allegedly raped and set on fire in Rajasthan's Barmer district, police said on Friday. The victim, who suffered 40 per cent burn injuries, is undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Jodhpur, they said.

A 23-year-old woman was doused with petrol and set on fire in her home in Hazaribag allegedly by four persons for resisting a rape attempt, police said on Monday.

A social activist has pleaded to Chief Justice NV Ramana to transfer rape trial of a 24-year-old woman, who attempted to kill herself with a man outside the Supreme Court, from UP to Delhi and investigation into the case by an independent agency.

A 24-year-old woman, who had set herself ablaze in front of the Supreme Court's gates in New Delhi on August 16, died on Tuesday. She had accused BSP MP Atul Rai of raping her in Varanasi and then alleged that the police were harassing her.

A woman was allegedly gang-raped and later set on fire by a father-son duo after hitching a ride on their cart on the way home in Mishrikh area in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur, police said on Friday.

A 48-year-old woman was allegedly raped and assaulted by a driver on Wednesday in Tripura, leading to locals blocking road in protest. The survivor and some villagers gathered at a police station in western Tripura's Sepahijala district, demanding the arrest of the accused.

A 10-year-old tribal girl sustained burn injuries in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district when two men entered her house and tried to set her mother on fire demanding that the latter withdraw the rape case registered against one of them, police said on Saturday.

An 18-year-old woman, whose family had alleged that she was raped and set ablaze in Fatehpur, died from the burn injuries at a hospital Kanpur, officials said.

A man was arrested for allegedly raping and setting on fire an 18-year-old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur city, the police said today. According to doctors, the woman sustained over 90 per cent burn injuries and her condition is critical.

A teenage girl in Uttar Pradesh was allegedly raped and set on fire on Saturday, just days after massive outrage in the country over the death of a woman who was set on fire in the state's Unnao district earlier this month by men accused of raping her.

A young woman's charred body was found in Bihar's Buxar district which had triggered speculation of rape and murder, turned out to be a case of honour killing and the main accused, the father of the victim, has been arrested, a top police official claimed on Tuesday.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Bihar government and the state police chief on Monday over reports that a woman was set on fire by a man after he tried to abuse her, officials said.

One of the two men accused of raping a 23-year-old woman and setting her on fire in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao was given bail in the rape case on the condition that he should not influence witnesses. The woman received 90 per cent burn injuries and died during treatment at a hospital in Delhi, where she was airlifted on Thursday.