Angry villagers in western India threatened to resume a highway blockade today unless police show progress in the search for suspects in the rape and killing of three young sisters.
The girls' bodies were found 16 February in a village well in Bhandara district of Maharashtra state after they had gone missing from school two days earlier. According to news reports, their mother has said the girls were 6, 9 and 10 years old.
The mother said police did not immediately take the case seriously and did nothing until villagers held protests this past week, including blocking the highway. Today, they threatened to block it again if police do not show progress in their investigation.
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The headmaster of the girls' school was suspended today for failing to inform the family or police that the girls were missing, CNN-IBN television channel reported. Teachers and students had reported to the headmaster that the three girls were not present during lunch on 14 February, the report said.
Hundreds of people, including schoolchildren, protested in Bhandara today, demanding greater safety for women and girls. They shouted slogans against police and district authorities, accusing them of failing to curb crimes against women. Full story...
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The girls' bodies were found 16 February in a village well in Bhandara district of Maharashtra state after they had gone missing from school two days earlier. According to news reports, their mother has said the girls were 6, 9 and 10 years old.
The mother said police did not immediately take the case seriously and did nothing until villagers held protests this past week, including blocking the highway. Today, they threatened to block it again if police do not show progress in their investigation.
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The headmaster of the girls' school was suspended today for failing to inform the family or police that the girls were missing, CNN-IBN television channel reported. Teachers and students had reported to the headmaster that the three girls were not present during lunch on 14 February, the report said.
Hundreds of people, including schoolchildren, protested in Bhandara today, demanding greater safety for women and girls. They shouted slogans against police and district authorities, accusing them of failing to curb crimes against women. Full story...
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