India, Aug. 29 -- A nurse at the Kishtwar district hospital has been arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 15-year-old tribal girl by a school teacher and the circumstances surrounding her death, taking the total number of arrests in the case to six, police said on Saturday.

The nurse, identified as Sonika, was arrested on Friday after an FIR was registered under relevant provisions of the POCSO Act, Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, a police spokesperson said.

The minor was allegedly sexually assaulted repeatedly by her school teacher over several months, resulting in her pregnancy. She died on August 20 following an alleged attempt to terminate the pregnancy in the Chatroo area, of...