Outrage mounts in India over rape case teen's suspicious car crash

📆 7/30/2019 9:45 PM
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The teenager had accused Sengar of raping her at his home in Unnao district in 2017 but police in the notoriously lawless state initially refused to take action.

Her father was detained by police and severely beaten in custody - allegedly by Sengar's brother - and later died from his injuries.

The woman also tried to set herself on fire outside the home of state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a hardline BJP stalwart.On Tuesday, protesters tried to march towards the state government's office in the capital New Delhi as they slammed Adityanath for failing to protect the teen. "There are too many coincidences in this case," social activist and one of the protest's organisers Shabnam Hashmi told AFP.

"For months the police doesn't register a case against the politician. Once that is done, her father is killed in police custody and now, a clear attempt to kill her." Earlier, members of opposition parties chanted slogans as they called for justice outside the national parliament.

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