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18-yr-old Dalit girl burnt alive in UP, jilted lover arrested

DNMUM408485 | 2/24/2018 | Author : DNA Correspondent | WC :267

Lucknow: Crimes against women continue unabated in Uttar Pradesh. In yet another shocking incident, an 18-year-old Dalit girl was burnt alive by unidentified miscreants in Unnao district, barely 65 km from state capital Lucknow, on Thursday.
Soni (name changed), a resident of Sathnibala Kheda under Bara Sagwar Police Station in Unnao district, had left her house on bicycle to buy vegetables from nearby Teda Bazar at 6.30pm on Thursday. On her way back, she was mobbed by unidentified persons who sprinkled petrol on her and burnt her alive.
She cried for help but since it was a dark and secluded area, no one could hear her shrieks. She succumbed to burn injuries on the spot. Soni’s body was later found by family members who went out
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