Girl, 15, is 'gang raped by three men who strangled her to death before hanging her

A 15-year-old girl was gang raped by men who strangled her to death before hanging her body from a tree to make it look like suicide, police in India have revealed.

The teenager slipped out of her home in the Bahraich district of India's Uttar Pradesh while her family was sleeping before going to meet one of the men.

But when she arrived, she realised he had brought along two of his friends who then attacked her, said police Superintendent Salik Ram Verma.
When the girl resisted, they strangled her before hanging her body from a tree just under a mile from her home.Police have arrested two men while a 'third accused is one the run', Verma told AFP.

Verman said:

'When the girl resisted their bid, she was raped and later strangled. To make it look like a case of suicide, they hung her body from a tree and left the spot.'

Four local police constables have also been suspended after an initial lack of action over the incident sparked outrage among villagers.

'I have suspended four constables for laxity and have issued stern instructions to the inspector concerned to book the third accused soon,' Verma said.The medical report has confirmed rape and strangulation,' he added