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Physically challenged girl raped, commits suicide

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Press Trust of India Ghaziabad
A 17-year-old physically challenged girl allegedly committed suicide in Loni area after she was raped by a contractor of the factory, where she was working.

The girl, who was crippled and had started working in the garment factory in Tronica City only a few days ago, was found hanging in her house in Ashok Vihar area yesterday, police said today.

The victim's family has filed a police complaint alleging that a night before she had told them that a contractor in the factory had took her to a closed unit and raped her, police said.

A case has been registered against the contractor, but he was yet to be arrested.

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First Published: Nov 15 2013 | 12:10 AM IST

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