Pilibhit, Jan 4 (IANS): Six persons of a family have been booked for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl and forcing her to drink poison in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district.

The victim has been admitted at a private hospital where she is struggling for her life.

As per the allegations levelled in the FIR, the victim's mother stated that on January 1, her daughter had stepped out for some work when 22-year-old main accused, identified as Kamal Kumar, dragged her to his house where she was badly beaten and raped.

Listening to the victim's screams, her mother rushed to Kumar's house but his family members made the girl consume poison with the intention of killing her to conceal the crime.

They later threw her outside their house.

The victim's mother approached Jahanabad police station with a written complaint but they refused to lodge an FIR.

Later, an FIR was lodged on the instructions of senior officials.

SHO Prabash Chandra said that the key accused, along with his parents, younger brother, sister and grandmother, have been booked under IPC section 376 (rape), 328 (administering poison to any person), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult) and 506 (criminal intimidation).

The accused are yet to be arrested, he added.