Friday, April 13, 2018

India to push for death penalty for a minor's rape

Amid widespread outrage and anger over the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl, the Indian government has said that it will push for the death penalty for those found guilty of raping children below 12-years of age.

According to Indian media reports, the minor was given sedatives and raped several times by different men over three days in January. Police documents say that she would have been killed sooner had one man not insisted on waiting so he could rape her a final time.

Our India correspondent Neha Poonia reports.

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