Raped and set on fire, minor dies in Andhra Pradesh hospital | India News

TIRUPATI: A 16-year-old girl raped and then set on fire She was injured by a youth in Andhra Pradesh’s Kadapa district on Saturday and succumbed to her injuries on Sunday morning Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences.
The defendant, Jakkala VigneshThe approximately 20-year-old perpetrator committed the crime in a remote location in a forest area. He was arrested on Saturday evening and confessed to the crime.
Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu has directed the police to expedite the trial in a special court and ensure that the accused gets something capital punishment.
Police Commissioner Harshavardhan Raju said Vignesh had befriended the girl in her childhood. They fell in love. But he left her and married another girl who is now pregnant.
When the minor persistently urged Vignesh to marry her, he hatched a plan to eliminate her.