Five police suspended over India gang-rape

New Delhi, Oct 3 (AFP/APP):Five senior police officers have been suspended over their handling of an investigation into the gang-rape and murder of a 19-year-old woman that has sparked outrage across India and triggered days of protests. The seriously injured teenager from the disadvantaged Dalit caste was found in mid-September outside her village in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state and died this week in a New Delhi hospital. The police have arrested four high-caste men on charges of gang-rape and murder. But the police have faced criticism for cremating the woman’s body in the middle of the night — reportedly … Continue reading Five police suspended over India gang-rape