Indian Girl’s Alleged Rape and Murder Sparks Protests

Click to expand Image Activists hold a candlelight march protesting the alleged rape and murder of a 9-year-old Dalit girl in New Delhi, India on August 4, 2021.  © 2021 Pankaj Nangia/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Protests over sexual assault have renewed in India’s capital, Delhi, after a 9-year-old Dalit girl was killed on Sunday. Her family alleges that she was raped and murdered while fetching water from a crematorium in southwest Delhi. The crematorium’s priest and three other employees told the girl’s parents she was electrocuted while drinking from a water cooler and convinced…

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