Her rapists killed her and cremated her body – Crowds gathered outside the crematorium
Protesters gathered in the Indian capital today, outside a crematorium, where a 9-year-old girl was allegedly raped and killed in the latest incident of a series of violent sexual crimes against women in India, which have caused international outcry.
Police say the girl was killed when she went to fetch water Sunday from a crematorium near her home in the Cantonment district of New Delhi.
Her family said that when the girl did not return, they went to look for her, while they saw some of the alleged perpetrators, who were working in the crematorium, cremating her body against the wishes of the family.
The incident sparked outrage within the country and the international community, with the safety of women and girls in India being reduced to a major political issue following the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student by a gang on a Delhi bus in 2012. .
Today, about 100 people gathered near the spot, shouting slogans, continuing the day rallies.
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“She just went to get water and that happened to her,” said one of the protesters, Tina Verma, 27. “People and her family want justice for what they did to her.”
Police say four men have been arrested on charges of rape, murder and intimidation.
More than 32,000 rapes were recorded in India in 2019, according to the latest government figures, almost four an hour , although experts say the actual numbers are likely to be much higher. More than 100,000 kidnappings were reported during the same period, according to figures, a third of which were aimed at forcing victims into marriage.
