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Saturday, May 12, 2018

Third teenage girl is raped and burned alive in India in one week

Girl, 16, died after assault in Madhya Pradesh state, leading to two arrests



Agence France-Press in New Delhi-
Schoolgirls hold a silent protest rally against the recent rape cases of two teenage girls in the Chatra and Pakur districts of Jharkhand. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A third teenage girl has been raped and burned alive in a week in India, the latest brutal sexual assault to shock the country.

The 16-year-old died from the burns after being set alight by a 26-year-old man who acted after the girl said she would tell her family about the rape.

Two other teenagers were victims of similar attacks a week ago in Jharkhand state. One died and one is in hospital.

The latest teenager was alone at her home in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh state when she was raped, police said on Friday.

“We have arrested the two accused,” said Sagar district police superintendent Satyendra Kumar Shukla. “One of them is the cousin of the girl who informed the main suspect that she was alone in the house. The main accused is married with a child.”

Indian authorities have faced renewed pressure to act on sexual assaults, notably after brutal gang rape and killing of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Jammu and Kashmir state sparked demonstrations.

The cases are the most high-profile since the 2012 rape and murder of a student on a New Delhi bus that triggered mass protests.