13-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim attempts suicide again, claim family

A teenaged gangrape victim allegedly attempted suicide for the second time in nine days during treatment in a government hospital, her family claimed today.

The 13-year-old girl was kidnapped last month from near her home in east Delhi's Farsh Bazar and raped allegedly by eight persons, seven of whom were arrested last week .

The girl had allegedly attempted suicide on April 20 in her house and early this morning at AIIMS where she was undergoing treatment.

The family claimed that around 2 am, she consumed sleeping pills again.

She fell unconscious after telling her mother that she wanted to die.

She was initially being treated in Hegdewar hospital.