Jammu, Aug. 22 -- A 15-year-old girl was allegedly raped repeatedly by a teacher in her school for the last few months, resulting in pregnancy and her death following an abortion bid in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, prompting police to arrest the accused and his brother on Friday.

The girl's death late on Thursday evening triggered protests in Chatroo and several other parts of the district.

Police have arrested accused Khalid Ahmed Sheikh, a Teacher Grade-II and the in-charge headmaster of the Middle School Bumalpora in Inderwal, along with his brother, officials said.

The girl died late on Thursday evening while being taken towards Jammu for an abortion, sources said. Her body and that of the stillborn child were subsequentl...