16-year-old forced to drink acid for refusing marriage proposal in Bhopal

Five people, including two women, were booked in Bhopal for allegedly forcing a 16-year-old girl to drink acid after she refused to marry a boy of their choice, police said.

Five people, including two women, were booked in Bhopal for allegedly forcing a 16-year-old girl to drink acid after she refused to marry a boy of their choice, police said on Thursday.

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Savitri, who had been living at her uncle Ram Prasad's house in this Madhya Pradesh capital for the past one month, was being pressured by her uncle, aunt Sumta Bai and others to marry Kamlesh - a man related to Sumta.

When she refused, Kamlesh first tried to outrage her modesty and later she was beaten up and forced to drink acid, police said.

"The girl told the police the incident took place at her maternal uncle's place where two of her aunts, uncle and Kamlesh made her drink acid and threatened to kill her if she refused the proposal," a police official said.

Ram Prasad admitted the girl to the district hospital when her condition deteriorated.

According to police, the doctors at the hospital were told that she had mistakenly consumed acid, which was kept in a bottle of medicine.

The incident occurred Sep 19 but came to light Wednesday when the girl, after being discharged from the hospital, informed her father Bhajan Lal.

Bhajan Lal, who lives in the neighbouring Raisen district, lodged a complaint with police Wednesday.

Additional Superintendent of Police Ruchi Srivastava said: "Police have registered cases against all those allegedly involved in the crime."