Indian policemen stand guard outside a house during a search operation after a shootout, in which a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer was killed, in Srinagar July 24, 2018. REUTERS/Danish Ismail
Police in northern India on Tuesday said that a major manhunt was underway for eight men accused of having sex with a pregnant goat that later died.
The suspects face prosecution under the colonial era Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that outlaws “intercourse against the order of nature” — the same provision that also criminalises gay sex.
Police raids were bing conducted in the Mewat region of Haryana state, around 100 kilometres (60 miles) from Delhi, to look for the men.
“We have identified three of the eight accused and the police teams are out on raids to…
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