14-year-old Girl ‘Raped as Revenge for Election Defeat’ Kills Herself in India
29th December 2015
A 14-year-old girl who was gang-raped as ‘revenge’ after her mother won a local election has reportedly killed herself.
The girl’s mother was a candidate of the block development council (BDC), a local government faction in the Mirzapur district of north-east India.
In a horrific twist on what is locally known as “Panchayat poll rivalry”, two men allegedly kidnapped the sleeping girl and raped her in a nearby field last Wednesday, according to the Times of India.