India police arrest suspect in rape of 5 year old girl

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A 5-year-old Indian girl who was abducted, raped and tortured in New Delhi is alert and stable, according to doctors. Her physician said the child may have to undergo “definitive and corrective” surgery to recover from the attack. Delhi’s chief police investigator said she was left for dead by the suspect in the room where she was held for over 40 hours. Fresh protests erupted over sexual violence in the country as the attack evoked memories of the brutal gang-rape and death of a young female student last December which shook India. Newspapers splashed the rape of the 5-year-old on their front pages with headlines such as “Delhi shamed again” and “Depraved Delhi.” New Delhi, a city of at least 16 million people, has long had a reputation as India’s “rape capital.” In 2012, there were around 700 rapes reported, a 23 percent rise from the previous year. India’s parliament last month approved a new bill toughening punishment for sex offenders.


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