Father, brother, uncle arrested after Indian teen alleges years of rape


  • World
  • Saturday, 11 Apr 2015

KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The father, uncle and brother of a 16-year-old girl in eastern India have been arrested accused of raping her repeatedly over a period of two years, police said on Saturday.

The girl told a school teacher in Dhupguri town in West Bengal state on Thursday after being too scared to speak out previously. She was taken to the police where she registered a complaint against the three men on Friday.

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