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This Article is From Dec 31, 2013

Kolkata: Teen who set herself on fire after being gang-raped dies in hospital

Kolkata: A 16-year-old girl from Kolkata who set herself on fire on Monday last after being gang-raped by a group of six men died at a hospital in the city today. The girl's family has alleged that she was being harassed by friends of the accused.  

The teenager was gang-raped, allegedly by six men, near her house in the Barasat area of the city on October 25. Three days later, while she was returning home after filing a police complaint, the same group allegedly raped her again.

Her distraught parents have demanded the death sentence for her alleged rapists and those who tormented her.

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