http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/police-officers-accused-as-lowcaste-teenage-girls-are-gangraped-and-hung-from-a-tree-in-india-9450875.html
The Independent
29 May, 2014
Police officers accused as low-caste teenage girls are 'gang-raped and hung from a tree' in India

Police are searching for a group of men accused of gang-raping and murdering two low-caste teenage girls and leaving their bodies in a tree. Reports say police officers may themselves have been involved in the attack.

Officers in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh say the two cousins were attacked, killed and their bodies discarded early on Wednesday morning. Relatives of the two girls – aged 14 and 15 - complained that police refused to register the case and that two constables may have had a role.

In the aftermath of the assault, the relatives of the two girls refused to allow police to collect the bodies from where they were left in a mango tree, by means of protest. Eventually, officers recovered the corpses and they were sent for post-mortem examination.

The Press Trust of India news agency said charges had now been filed against seven people, including two police constables who had been suspended....

"Low-caste" says all you need said about THAT culture.

I actually teared up a little. They were 14 and 15! What did they do to deserve this? Is being born female and lower caste a crime now? I know the U.S. doesn't have a great record when it comes to these kind of things, but W.T.F. India?

WARNING: this report from the BBC includes a video. Although some images have been purposely blurred, it is still profoundly disturbing.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-27630901