India Police Arrest Seven in Suspected Rape, Blackmail of Teenage Girl

BHUBANESWAR (INDIA)
Reuters

July 10, 2018

By Jatindra Dash

Indian police arrested seven people on Tuesday, including a school principal and a teacher, on suspicion of raping and blackmailing a teenage girl over several months, the latest case of sexual abuse of minors.

Recent incidents of sexual violence have sparked protests in several Indian cities this year, echoing mass rallies over a fatal gang rape case in 2012, and putting pressure on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has promised action.

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