30th May 2014, Ushait, India. Sohan Lal (55) father of raped and murdered daughter teenager Murti (11 or 12) weeps and is comforted by his mother Ramkali in Katra Sadatganj village,Ushait near Baduan, Uttar Pradesh, India on the 30th May 2014.
Two teenage girls, low-caste cousins Murti (11-12) and Pushpa (13-14) were allegedlygang-raped and murdered with their bodies found hanging from a mango tree in Katra Sadatganj village on the morning of Thursday the 29th May. The two girls, who were cousins and aged between 11 and years, went missing from their house the previous night.The incident triggered protests in the area with villagers alleging police apathy following which an FIR was registered against seven persons including constables Sarvesh Yadav and Rakshapal Yadav, who were suspended.
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