Lucknow/Hamirpur, Nov 28: A 16-year-old girl from Hamirpur, assaulted and forced to consume acid on 28 October in Jalalpur area, died during treatment at KGMU on Thursday night.
According to her father’s statement, a minor boy and two youths entered their house and assaulted her, after which she was forced to drink acid, severely damaging her intestines and causing continuous internal bleeding.
Multiple Hospital Transfers Before Death
Following the incident, the girl was taken to Sariila CHC and later referred to Jhansi Medical College, where she remained under treatment for 12 days. With no major improvement, she was shifted to SGPGI, and later to the district hospital and Kanpur’s Hallet Medical College. After nearly 15 days of treatment there, she was again referred to SGPGI and finally moved to KGMU, where her condition worsened.
She reportedly had critically low blood levels at the time of admission. Police arranged emergency blood units on Thursday evening, but her condition deteriorated and she died around 2 am.
FIR To Be Updated With Stronger Sections
Officials stated that the case is now being updated to stronger sections following the death. One minor accused has been arrested.
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