Indian police on Friday arrested two of the suspects who allegedly gang-raped two teenage girls and they hung on a tree in Northern State of Uttar Pradesh.
The two cousins who were of a low caste Dalit community, went missing from their village house Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh when she went out on Tuesday night to go to the toilet. The next morning, villagers found the bodies of the two teenagers hanging from a mango tree in a nearby orchard.
Senior Superintendent of police of Budaun, Atul Saxena, said two suspects were arrested and the hunt for the third was still on.
"Three men are accused of rape and murder. Two of them have been arrested. We have sent a force to nab the third suspect. The search was also performed last night and we also checked his hiding places but we could not find him, "said Saxena.
Post-mortem report confirmed the two minors were raped and died from the suspension.
Of the victim families say the girls were gang-raped and then hung up by five men of the village. They claim that the local police were shielding the attackers if they refused to take action when the girls were first reported missing.
The father of one of the victims demanded an investigation by the federal police station crime investigation.
"The police officer came to my house and told me that my daughter is found hanging from a tree. I want to the CBI to investigate the case. I don't trust the police, "he said.
Activists say sexual offences against young girls and women are widespread in India, adding that women from poor, marginalized, low-caste communities are often the victims.
Public outrage over the fatal gang rape of a woman in new Delhi in December 2012 pushed the Government in passing a tougher new law punishing sexual crimes. This includes up to two-year prison sentences for police and hospital if they fail to register a complaint or treating a victim.
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