Indian sisters found hanged in suspected rape case
Source: BBC
Indian sisters found hanged in suspected rape case
15 September 2022
Two teenage sisters have been found hanging from a tree in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in a suspected case of abduction and rape.
Police said the bodies were found on Wednesday afternoon in Lakhimpur district. They have started an investigation after the family alleged the girls had been kidnapped and raped.
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The girls, both below 18, belonged to the Dalit caste at the bottom of a deeply discriminatory Hindu hierarchy.
Despite constitutional protections, the community routinely faces prejudice and violence - a 2020 case involving the gang rape and murder of a 19-year Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district sparked a public outcry, spotlighting how vulnerable Dalit women were.
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