Summary:
A dalit woman in Jaipur was allegedly burnt by a man accused of raping her in April this year. The incident took place on the night of Diwali in the Kotwali area of Jaipur`s Walled City.
The 37-year-old woman had filed a complaint of rape against the accused.
The man had been absconding since then.
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A dalit woman in Jaipur was allegedly set on fire by a man accused of raping her.
The incident took place on the night of Diwali in the Kotwali area of Jaipur`s Walled City.
The 37-year-old woman had filed a complaint of rape against the accused in April this year and the accused had been absconding since then.
Police have arrested the rape accused, Lekhraj Koli (28), his brothers Ramesh Chand (40), Manmohan Koli (35), and their father Kanhaiyalal (70).
Kotwali police station SHO Yeshwant Singh said the four were arrested on Sunday and produced before a magistrate.
The accused were sent to police remand till November 18.
Singh said the accused have been arrested under section 307 of the Indian Penal Code for an attempt to murder, and that the brothers and father of the accused have been arrested for assisting him in the crime.
He said that as per the victim`s statement, she and her daughter were at home while her husband had gone to a nearby temple on Diwali night.
The accused entered her home, doused her with petrol and set her on fire, and fled.
As the woman tried to put out the fire, her 12-year-old daughter tried to help her mother and also sustained burn injuries on her legs.