A 16 year old Dalit (Lower Cast) girl was gang raped and hung in Mahoba in India’s state of Uttar Pradesh. This place is about 230km away from State’s capital Lucknow.
The girl a class 12 student was regularly harassed by 3 men in her village.
The victim went to buy some groceries on Saturday and went missing. Her body was found hanging from a tree next day.
All the accused have been arrested.
According to the girls family the accused were upset because she opposed their harassment.
The police registered a case of kidnapping, gang rape and murder as well as atrocities against Dalits.