A six-year-old girl has died in hospital after being kidnapped and raped, sparking furious protests.
The victim was attacked in the city of Iglas in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in September, 2020.
She was treated at a hospital in Delhi but tragically passed away today, October 6.
The distraught family members have since placed her body in the road and protesters have blocked traffic.
They say they will not perform the last rites until the perpetrator is caught.
No arrests have yet been made.
Uttar Pradesh, which is governed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), ranks as the most unsafe state for women in the country.
In another story, a motherless 6-year-old girl was raped by a 22-year-old man in Edo State, and her guardians are being forced to drop the case for money.
The story was shared by Hon. Omosedei Igbinedion, who shared a photo of the child and explained that the girl lost her mother and her biological father is nowhere to be found. She had to go live with her mum’s sister and her husband and that where she got raped by a 22-year-old man. Read up story HERE
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