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India outrage after gang rape victim assaulted again 'by same men'
There has been outrage in India after a student was allegedly gang-raped by five men who had also raped her three years ago. Police are yet to make any arrests although the 21-year-old was attacked last week in Rohtak town in the northern state of Haryana. She had been pursuing a case in court against the five men, when she was attacked on Wednesday. The woman said she was forced inside a car and the men tried to strangle her. She was seriously injured and left for dead in the bushes. A passerby saw her and took her to the hospital.
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This country has a really big problem with rape. The majority of rape-related cases go unreported. But even out of the ones that get reported, there are very few convictions. I'm just trying to understand what is the mentality that allows these acts to go unpunished? As someone who's never been to India, I'm guessing there must exist some predominant factor that belittles the severity of this type of crime over there.
Edit: seems this particular case has some to do with the general inequality regarding India's caste system