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Indian woman immolates self at police station after cops fail to act on rape complaint

SHAHDOL(MADHYA PRADESH): A 26-year-old woman sustained severe burns, as she immolated herself in the premises of a police station after the police allegedly failed to register a case based on her complaint of rape in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol, an official said on Sunday.

While the woman is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Jabalpur, two policemen have been line-attached (removed from the field duties) for dereliction of duty for the incident that took place in Amlai police station on Friday, the official said.

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