4-year-old girl dies after rape in India

        
A 4-year-old girl died Monday from cardiac arrest at a Care Hospital in Nagpur-India, a spokesman reported.         

The girl was reportedly kidnapped in the Indian town of Ghansaur, on April 17, and her family found her the next day suffering severe head injuries.         

In this context, a 35-year-old man was arrested after he was accused of sexually assaulting the victim, noting that he confessed to his crime.India has seen a recent sharp rise in the numbers of rapes and sexual crimes against women and children. Officials say the spike has resulted from more people reporting the crimes.       

Earlier this month, another 5-year-old girl was kidnapped, raped and tortured by two men who then abandoned her in a locked room in New Delhi. She is still recovering at a hospital in the city.       

Police allegedly refused to register a case when the girl's parents reported that their daughter was missing. Hundreds of people protested outside police headquarters in New Delhi for three days, angry over allegations of police inaction and indifference to the parents' complaints.       

The attacks on the young girls come four months after the fatal gang rape of a woman on a New Delhi bus sparked outrage across India about the treatment of women in the country.

The December attack spurred the government to pass tough laws for crimes against women, including the death penalty for repeat offenders or for rape attacks that lead to the victim's death.            


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