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NYT takes a dig at India's Modi over violence against women, minorities

April 21, 2018 20:34·
Bano who belonged to a nomadic community was drugged held captive in a temple and sexually assaulted for a week before being strangled and battered to death

Bano who belonged to a nomadic community was drugged held captive in a temple and sexually assaulted for a week before being strangled and battered to death

"Be it the case of a teenage victim in UP's Unnao or the story of Asifa, the eight-year-old girl in Kathua who was gang-raped for seven days and then killed, the BJP has failed to provide the common minimum need of safety to women across the country".

In the latest case, the child's body was found on a building site early yesterday morning, hours after she went missing from a wedding in the Etah district of Uttar Pradesh state.

Reports suggest the man, who had been hired to help at the wedding, knew the girl - before luring her away at 1.30am. The UN Chief had stated: "We hope that the authorities will bring the perpetrators to justice so they can be held accountable for the murder of this young girl". We are awaiting the post-mortem reports but prima facie it looks she was strangled to death, ' Chaurasia said.

"As an interim measure, it is directed that the Jammu and Kashmir Police beef up the security and provide adequate security personnel to the family, Deepika Singh Rajawat and family friend Talid Hussain", the court said.

After details of the attack emerged, there were protests in Indian cities in recent days.

Bano was a young Muslim girl from a nomadic community that travelled around the forests of Kashmir.

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In its editorial, the Times said "Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India tweets frequently and considers himself a talented orator".

Some activists have accused the party of siding with Hindu groups demanding the release of the arrested men.

Protestors are also angry another rape incident allegedly saw a BJP lawmaker assault a minor in Uttar Pradesh has not been sufficiently condemned.

"She was tortured, drugged, gang-raped and murdered", the girl said in the video.

The rage which erupted across India over the attempt by a section of ruling party elements to defend the accused rapists in Unnao and Kathua, resonated in the United Kingdom where Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a state visit.

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