Exhumation of bodies of alleged Indian rape victims halted by rain


LUCKNOW (Reuters) - Indian federal investigators on Saturday suspended the exhumation of the bodies of two teenage girls, who were allegedly raped and found hanging by their necks from a tree in May, as heavy rainfall inundated the burial area.

Authorities had decided to exhume the bodies after local police cast doubt on whether the girls had been sexually assaulted and suggested instead that it could have been a case of honour killing carried out by their families.

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