Article 76X1S Protests engulf Indian state after rape and murder of 11-year-old girl

Protests engulf Indian state after rape and murder of 11-year-old girl

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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi
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Innocent man lynched by mob in West Bengal as police killing of suspect further escalates tensions

Protests have engulfed the Indian state of West Bengal after the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl, the subsequent lynching of an innocent man and the police killing of one of the accused.

Outrage erupted on Sunday after the body of a missing girl was recovered from a pond in a town just outside the state capital, Kolkata.

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