India | Posted on Mar 11, 2012 at 09:00am IST
Gonda: A 25-year-old woman suffered serious burn injuries when she was set ablaze by a youth for foiling a rape attempt at Shuklpur village under Dhanepur police station area in Gona on Saturday.
A youth of the same village tried to rape the woman but as she raised an alarm and villagers started rushing to her house, he sprinkled kerosene kept in the house and set her on fire before fleeing.
The woman suffered serious injuries and was taken to the district hospital from where she was referred to Lucknow, police said adding the accused is said to be a friend of the husband of the victim.Link: UP: Woman set ablaze for resisting rape
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