The northern Indian state of
Uttar Pradesh is the "capital of violence against women," a
local news agency said Thursday after another body was found
hanging from a tree in a village there.
The body of the 16-year-old girl was found on the outskirts
of Moradabad, Zee TV reported, one day after another female body
was found in similar circumstances in the same state.
India is undergoing a jarring epidemic of reported sexual
attacks on women, with Uttar Pradesh dominating the map over the
past month.
In one instance a 15-year-old girl and two female cousins
were found raped and hanged in different areas.
In another, a female judge was drugged, raped and seriously
injured in Uttar Pradesh.
The media have paid increasing attention to sexual violence
in India since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student on a
Delhi bus.
Last year the government tightened rape laws after
widespread protests but the tide of sexual violence has not
abated.
In the case of the latest victim, there is no confirmation
on circumstances of death nor whether the victim was the victim
of sexual violence, Indian Asian News Service IANS said.
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