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| Subject: OUTRAGEOUS: Indian teen found dead after pressure from poLICE to marry one of her attackers Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:46 am | |
| A 17-year-old Indian girl who was gang-raped took her own life after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative said on Thursday.
Amid the ongoing uproar over the gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi earlier this month, the latest case has again shone the spotlight on the police's handling of sex crimes.
One police officer has been sacked and another suspended over their conduct after the assault during the festival of Diwali on November 13 in the Patiala region in the Punjab, according to officials.
The teenager was found dead on Wednesday night. Advertisement
Inspector General Paramjit Singh Gill said that the teenager had been "running from pillar to post to get her case registered" but officers failed to open a formal inquiry.
"One of the officers tried to convince her to withdraw the case," Gill, the police chief for the area, said.
Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/world/indian-teen-found-dead-after-pressure-to-drop-rape-case-20121228-2byl2.html#ixzz2GKndBNFO
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