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Dalit woman resists rape, set ablaze in Punjab
Neel Kamal, TNN, Jan 17, 2011, 12.39am IST
Tags:Dalit woman|Behniwal police post
MANSA (Punjab): A dalit woman was set on fire in Punjab's Mansa
district after she resisted the attempts of an upper caste farmer to
rape her. The woman died on Sunday morning.
The accused, Sandeep Singh, was booked for murder but he is
absconding, said police.
Singh and the woman lived in the same village. Her husband is a tailor
while she worked as a farm labourer. On Friday evening, when she was
alone at home, Singh barged in and attempted to rape her. The woman
fought hard to resist him. Singh then poured kerosene on her, set her
ablaze and ran away.
On hearing the women's cries, neighbours rushed to her help. Her
family members took her to a Bathinda hospital. ''Her condition was
grave and she was shifted to Baba Farid Medical College at Faridkot,''
her husband said.
She died of burn injuries on Sunday morning, said Behniwal police post
head Rajinder Singh. Police are looking for Singh.
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