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Gang deny brutal rape, killing of girl

China Daily | Updated: 2018-04-17 10:04

People pray as they participate in candle light vigil as they protest against the rape of an eight-year-old girl, in Kathua, near Jammu, India, April 16, 2018. [Photo/Agencies]

Two state ministers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party have resigned after attending a rally in defense of the accused.

The ruling party has also been accused of trying to shield one of its state lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh after a 17-year-old girl accused the politician of raping her last year.

Kuldeep Singh Sengar was only arrested last week, despite the girl's family trying to file charges against him for nearly a year.

The two cases have stirred memories of the mass demonstrations that followed the gang rape and murder of a student in New Delhi in 2012.

Agence France-presse

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