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| Indian teenage girl raped a second time after police use her as 'bait' to catch attacker | |
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| A teenage girl in India who survived a rape was assaulted for a second time after she was used by police as 'bait' to catch her attacker, according to Indian media. | A teenage girl in India who survived a rape was assaulted for a second time after she was used by police as 'bait' to catch her attacker, according to Indian media. |
| The police officers who sent the 17-year-old to confront her alleged rapist are being investigated, a report on the NDTV website said, and the officer allegedly in charge of the operation has been suspended. | |
| The girl had been raped by at least two individuals at knife point on 7 July after she went to meet a man she encountered on Facebook, according to the report. | The girl had been raped by at least two individuals at knife point on 7 July after she went to meet a man she encountered on Facebook, according to the report. |
| It said the police sent her back to the scene on two occasions in a bid to capture her attackers. | It said the police sent her back to the scene on two occasions in a bid to capture her attackers. |
| NDTV quoted Vishwas Patil, a police inspector in the Aurangabad district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, as saying: "The girl was put through the injustice again. It is wrong to use a victim, especially a minor victim, as bait." | NDTV quoted Vishwas Patil, a police inspector in the Aurangabad district, in the Indian state of Maharashtra, as saying: "The girl was put through the injustice again. It is wrong to use a victim, especially a minor victim, as bait." |
| The report said that on the first occasion the girl was sent back to the scene police followed too closely and an arrest could not be made, while on the second occasion a "miscommunication" meant they did not follow her at all. | The report said that on the first occasion the girl was sent back to the scene police followed too closely and an arrest could not be made, while on the second occasion a "miscommunication" meant they did not follow her at all. |
| Her attackers were eventually arrested at a railway station, according to the NDTV report. | Her attackers were eventually arrested at a railway station, according to the NDTV report. |
| There are an increasing number of reported rape cases in India and Indian police and officials are routinely in the news for a lack of sensitivity in dealing with them. | There are an increasing number of reported rape cases in India and Indian police and officials are routinely in the news for a lack of sensitivity in dealing with them. |