KANPUR, April 16 -- A 17-year-old dalit student hung herself in her house in Chitrakoot district on Wednesday morning, weeks after she was allegedly gang-raped by three men from her village. Her family has accused the local police of filing a watered-down complaint and releasing the accused without action. The incident falls under Pahari police station. The family says that on March 4 the Class 11 student had gone to fetch water from near her house when three men allegedly pulled her into an Arhar field and raped her. Her younger brother found her there, semi-clothed, after she failed to return. The family went to Pahari police station the same day. They allege that officers talked them out of a rape complaint, telling them it would hurt their daughter's marriage prospects. The complaint was eventually lodged, but only accusing the three men of forcibly applying Holi colours. The family further alleges that the accused were called to the station. They paid off the police and were let go the next morning - told only to stay out of the village for six months. The three men reappeared in the village within days. According to the family, their daughter became increasingly distressed at encountering them. On Wednesday, while her parents were in the fields, she hung herself. Her sisters found her. She was rushed to the Community Health Centre at Pahari but was declared dead before she could be treated. The Pahari police registered a case against the three accused, took the body for a post-mortem examination and called in a forensics team. Raids were conducted and several people brought in for questioning. Arun Kumar Singh, SP, Chitrakoot, gave a different account. He said the girl's mother had come to the station on March 6 and made a verbal complaint....