Six convicted over gang rape

Senseless crime: Media gathering around a police vehicle carrying the accused outside the district court in Pathankot, India. — AFP

Pathankot (India): Six men were convicted over the notorious 2018 gang rape and murder in India of a young girl from a Muslim nomadic tribe that provoked horror and stoked inter-religious tensions.

Sexual violence, including against children, is rife in India and outrage over the so-called Kathua case contributed to the government imposing the death penalty for child rapists.