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Guard accused of raping 3-yr-old on anniversary of India gang rape assault

by Reuters
Monday, 17 December 2018 15:40 GMT

Protestors shout slogans during a protest against the rape of a nineteen-year-old girl, in Rewari in the northern state of Haryana, in New Delhi, India September 17, 2018. The posters read "Mr. Modi, a girl can only study if she survives" and "A country that does not respect women will not grow." REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

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There were 40,000 rapes reported in India in 2016 and the victims were children in 40 percent of those cases

NEW DELHI, Dec 17 (Reuters) - A New Delhi security guard is suspected of raping a three-year-old girl after luring her with sweets, police said, as the Indian capital marks the sixth anniversay of a fatal gang rape that prompted an outpouring of anger.

Police said the girl was in hospital and her suspected attacker had been arrested.

"Medical aid is being provided to the victim and as per doctors her condition is stable," a police statement said. The girl's parents are labourers.

Sunday's alleged assault happened six years after the gang rape of a 23-year-old woman in a bus that eventually led to her death. Since the 2012 New Delhi attack, rape laws have been strengthened to deter such crimes, including the introduction of the death penalty for the rape of girls under 12.

"Nothing has changed. Until swiftness and certainty of strong punishment is ensured, nothing will change," Swati Maliwal, chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women that fights for women's issues, said.

There were 40,000 rapes reported in India in 2016 and the victims were children in 40 percent of those cases.

(Reporting by Malini Menon; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani, William Maclean)

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