A ten-year-old schoolgirl is fighting for her life after a group of men set her on fire and threw her into a dry well for resisting rape in Jharkhand, India. Hindustan Times reports: Police have registered attempt to rape and murder charges against two men who are missing and have detained five suspects for questioning. The Class 4 girl, whose father is a daily-wager, was playing outside her home in Seraikela-Kharsawan district’s Kandra village on Wednesday morning when two men tried to lure her with sweets. When she refused, they picked her up and took her to a stone-crushing unit in the village, police said. They stripped her and tried to rape her but she resisted. She tried to escape but the men caught her. They poured kerosene on her back, set her on fire and threw her in an abandoned well, the girl, who is in a hospital, told police. Badly burnt, she kept crying for help. Her cries were heard by a woman who was passing by. Locals pulled the girl out and informed her parents and police. She was rushed to a nearby nursing home but was referred to the advanced Tata Main Hospital. Her daughter was [...]
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