Pictured: The teenage girls who were raped, murdered and left hanging from a mango tree in the case which has shocked India
Pictured for the first time, these are the two teenage girls who were raped and murdered before their bodies were found swinging from a mango tree in northern India this week.
Three brothers today confessed to attacking and killing the young cousins, named Murti and Pushpa, in a case which has horrified India.
The crime provoked national outrage after it emerged that police in the village of Katra initially refused to investigate the girls' murder due to their low-caste status.
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Victims: Teenage cousins Pushpa, left, and Murti, right, were raped and murdered before their bodies were hung from a tree
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Agony: Murti's father Sohan is comforted by his mother after the death of the young girl
Outrage: The scene in Katra village in northern India, where three men have admitted raping and murdering the cousins
Grief: The parents of one of the victims, Murti, have spoken of being sidelined by the police because of their low caste
The alleged killers - Pappu, Awadhesh and Urvesh Yadav - are members of the dominant Yadav caste, to which most of the local police also belong.
Low-caste villagers from the community in Uttar Pradesh state have expressed concern that they could also be targeted in the wake of the horrifying attacks.
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