Girl suffers burns as rape accused tries to kill her mother

A 10-year-old tribal girl sustained burn injuries in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district when two men entered her house and tried to set her mor on fire demanding that latter withdraw rape case registered against one of m, police said on Saturday.

While police have arrested an accomplice of main accused after August 13 incident which occurred in Parner tehsil, latter is on run, an officer said.

girl, currently in hospital, is out of danger, he said.

main accused has been identified as Rajaram Tarte and his friend as Amol Tarte, he said.

"Rajaram and Amol entered house of woman on Thursday. Rajaram threatened her and asked her to withdraw case of rape she h filed against him," officer said.

He threw petrol on woman, some of which also fell on girl, he said quoting FIR.

"At same time, Amol Tarte lit a matchstick and hurled it at woman. However, match stick fell on frock of girl which caught fire," officer ded.

A case has been registered against duo under various sections, including 307 (attempt to murder), of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015.

"We have arrested Amol Tarte and search for Rajaram is going on," said officer. 

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