India hit with yet another rape horror story after victim is dumped in field with acid thrown in her face to prevent identification as police fire water cannon at protesters
- Police are trying to find out the identity of woman believed to be aged 22
- Woman was gang raped, strangled and then had acid poured on her face
- Body was discovered in a field in Aithpura, close to the city of Bareilly
- Last week dead bodies of two teenage sisters hanging from a mango tree
An Indian woman was gang raped, strangled and then had acid poured on her face in an apparent attempt to hide her identity.
Police are now trying to find out the identity of the woman who is believed to be aged about 22, after her body was discovered in a field in Aithpura, close to the city of Bareilly on Saturday.
Her face had later been mutilated with acid and petrol, apparently in an attempt to hide her identity.
Protestors shout slogans as police use a water cannon as they protest against two rape of two teenage girls last week in India
The result of a post-mortem examination released on Monday showed the woman had been assaulted, made to drink acid and then strangled, according to the Press Trust of India news agency, reports The Independent.
Her face had later been mutilated with acid and petrol, apparently in an attempt to hide her identity.
The attack took place about 60 miles from the village where two girls were gang raped and hanged from a tree last week.
Today police used water cannons to disperse hundreds of women who were protesting against a rise in violence against women.
Three men were arrested for the crime in Uttar Pradesh that underscored the enduring culture of sexual assault in India and the capacity for appalling violence between Hindu castes
All India Democratic Youth Organization(AIDYO) and All India Democratic Students' Organization (AIDSO) activists block a road as they shout slogans against the Bengali government
Indian Bharatiya Janata Party demonstrators are hit by water cannon as they stand behind a police barricade
Indian Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demonstrators argue with policewomen during the protests
An Indian woman, left, one among the protestors demonstrating outside the office of Uttar Pradesh state chief minister Akhilesh Yadav, demanding that he crack down on an increasing number of rape and other attacks on women and girls,
The protesters in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, were demonstrating outside the office of the top elected official, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, demanding that he crack down on an increasing number of rape and other attacks on women and girls.
Hundreds of police officers, including female officers, pushed and shoved the protesters before deploying water cannons to disperse them.
The protesters also demanded that the government curb police indifference, which they said was encouraging attacks on women.
Police failed to take any action when the father of one of the girls reported to police that the two cousins were missing.
Two police officers were fired for dereliction of duty after the girls were found gang-raped and killed.
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