Indian federal police on Friday began questioning a legislator from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party accused of raping a teenager nine months ago, after the country’s main opposition party held a midnight vigil demanding justice.
The vigil led by Congress president Rahul Gandhi also gave vent to outrage over another attack, the alleged
rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in a Hindu-dominated area of Jammu and Kashmir state in January.
Horrifying details were released in a charge sheet filed by police earlier this week, raising the risk of
escalating civil unrest in a region where security forces are fighting separatist militants.
“Like millions of Indians, my heart hurts tonight,” Gandhi wrote on Twitter after addressing an estimated
5,000 people at the candlelight vigil at India Gate war memorial.
“India simply cannot continue to treat its women…
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