Rape in Uttar Pradesh

RECENT RAPE CASES

• 20 June - Salia, 11, is raped and killed on her way back from school. A 23-year-old villager is arrested and confesses
• 19 June - A 35-year-old woman is gang-raped by five men inside her home. Afraid she will identify them, the men burn her to death
• 17 June - A 14-year-old girl is stabbed in the eye by her two attackers when she resists their attempts to rape her
• 10 June - Sonam, 14, is raped and murdered, allegedly by police. Her body is found hanging inside a police station
• 5 February - 16-year-old Sarika's ears are cut and one hand cut off when she resists her attackers

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