Indian police arrest 14 in rape, killing of girl
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Indian police have arrested 14 people suspected of kidnapping, raping and burning to death a teenage girl, the latest in rising crimes against women in India despite toughening of laws.
District Magistrate Jitendera Singh says the accused abducted the girl from Chatra, a village in eastern Jharkhand state, while she was attending a wedding ceremony on Thursday. Some of them allegedly raped her before letting her go home.
The village council leaders imposed a fine of 50,000 rupees ($770) on the accused the next day. Singh says the suspects beat up the girl's family members for complaining against them and burned her to death after finding her at home alone.
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India has been shaken by a series of sexual assaults since 2012.