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| India gang rape inquiry stepped up | India gang rape inquiry stepped up |
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| The governor of a northern Indian state where two teenage cousins were gang raped and hanged has recommended a federal inquiry into the incident. | |
| The move comes after alleged police inaction sparked outrage in Uttar Pradesh state. | The move comes after alleged police inaction sparked outrage in Uttar Pradesh state. |
| Three suspected attackers have been detained, along with two policemen accused of dereliction of duty and criminal conspiracy. | Three suspected attackers have been detained, along with two policemen accused of dereliction of duty and criminal conspiracy. |
| The girls were found hanged from a tree in Badaun district earlier in the week. | |
| The victims' families say it took police more than 12 hours to respond to reports they were missing. | |
| The father of one victim earlier told the BBC he was ridiculed by police when he sought help in finding his daughter. | |
| He said that when policemen found out he was from a lower caste, they "refused to look for my girl". | |
| Deep divisions | |
| "The chief minister has decided to recommend a probe into the Badaun incident as demanded by family members of the victims," Uttar Pradesh governor Akhilesh Yadav said on Saturday. | |
| He had come under attack for earlier remarks mocking female journalists who asked about the rising number of rape cases at a news briefing. | |
| "You are safe, why are you bothered?" the governor had said. | |
| Saturday's announcement follows a pledge by the government to set up a fast-track court to deal with the case. | |
| Divisions between India's castes run deep, and violence is often used by upper castes to instil fear in lower castes, correspondents say. | |
| Although both the victim and the accused in the latest case belonged to a group known as "Other Backward Classes", the victims were lower in that hierarchy. | |
| The girls, aged 14 and 16, went missing on Tuesday night. They had apparently gone out to relieve themselves as they had no toilet at home. | |
| Their bodies were discovered the following day. A post-mortem examination confirmed multiple sexual assaults and death due to hanging. | |
| Campaigners have highlighted the lack of sanitation in rural areas as being a risk to women's security as well as their health, as they are often attacked when having to go out to use the toilet, particularly at night. | |
| Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus. | |
| The government tightened laws on sexual violence last year after widespread protests following the attack. | |
| Fast-track courts were brought to the fore to deal with rape and the death penalty was also brought in for the most extreme cases. | |
| Some women's groups argue that the low conviction rate for rape should be challenged with more effective policing rather than stiffer sentences. | |
| Rape cases that have shocked India |