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Thursday, January 2, 2014

Indian mother's agony as police 'hijack' hearse and try to forcibly cremate body of daughter, 16, who killed herself after being gang-raped by 'politically protected' mobsters

Indian mother's agony as police 'hijack' hearse and try to forcibly cremate body of daughter, 16, who killed herself after being gang-raped by 'politically protected' mobsters

Tragedy: The mother of the 16-year-old rape victim who set herself alight following a series of threats from the perpetrators cries over the teen's body on Wednesday
The girl, whose body is pictured with her grieving mother, was gang-raped in October in Madhyamgram, near Calcutta, by a group of six men - who are allegedly linked to West Bengal's ruling party, the Trinamool Congress. They attacked her again the following day as she returned from reporting the crime, it is claimed. On Tuesday, police intercepted a hearse carrying the body and tried to have it cremated without consent of the family. The series of events has led to protests across the country, with campaigners saying nothing has changed in the country since the Delhi bus gang-rape last year.

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