India's opposition Congress party supporters protesting against gang rape and killing of a woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras district hold onto each other as Indian policemen try to detain them in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. - AP
LUCKNOW, India (Reuters): Indian police imposed emergency laws on Thursday (Oct 1) in a village where a woman from the lowest rung of the country's caste system was allegedly raped and killed, barring gatherings of more than five people after clashes erupted following her cremation.
The 19-year-old victim died from her injuries on Tuesday, having been attacked and gang raped on Sept 14 in a field near her home in Hathras district, 100km from Delhi, the authorities said.
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