Pathetic

Two India girls 'gang-raped' and
hanged in Uttar Pradesh

Ever since the fatal gang rape of a student in Delhi
in December 2012, there have been public protests
and an outcry against sexual violence
Two Indian girls found hanging from a tree in a
village in the northern Indian state of Uttar
Pradesh had been gang raped, police say.
One man has been held over the murders and two
officers removed from duty for not registering
cases when the girls were reported missing, say
police.
The girls were found in Badaun district and are
thought to be in their early to mid teens and from
the Dalit community.
Violence and discrimination against women remain
deeply entrenched.
Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown
since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student
on a Delhi bus.
The government tightened laws on sexual violence
last year after widespread protests following that
attack.
Senior police official Atul Saxena told the BBC the
two girls were found hanging from a tree in Katra
Shahadatganj village in Badaun district on
Wednesday morning.
He said the police were looking for two more men
in connection with the alleged rape and hanging.
The post mortem and cremation of the girls was
completed on Wednesday and further test results
are expected.
"We are still investigating how the girls went
missing and were allegedly raped and hung from a
tree," Mr Saxena said.
Earlier this year a 20-year-old tribal woman was
gang raped in eastern West Bengal state allegedly
on orders of village elders who objected to her
relationship with a m