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On 27 May 2014, an alleged gang rape and murder of two teenage girls was reported in the Katra village of Budaun district, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was widely reported in the press in India as well as overseas. After an extensive investigation, CBI concluded that there was no gang rape〔(CBI rules out gang-rape and murder in death of Badaun girls and concludes cousins committed suicide, By MAIL TODAY BUREAU, 11 December 2014 )〕 and suspects were released. According to reports, in the evening the girls had gone out into a field that was used as a toilet area and did not return. The police were notified, but initially took no action. Villagers searched for the girls throughout the night and they were found the following morning hanging from a tree. According to a post-mortem examination conducted earlier, it was reported that the girls had been raped〔http://www.firstpost.com/india/police-are-useless-what-the-probe-flip-flop-in-badaun-girls-deaths-proves-1825969.html〕 and died from strangulation due to being hanged while still alive.〔http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-postmortem-confirms-rape-of-dalit-sisters-in-patna-1992181〕 However, according to a CBI investigation, no evidence of rape was found, and the initial examination, conducted by physician who had never conducted rape investigations before, was flawed. The girl's family and several activists rejected the CBI report as a cover-up "to avoid international shame and acceptance of the dismal law and order situation".〔〔http://www.aamaadmiparty.org/cbi-badaun-findings-are-shamefully-wrong〕〔http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/in-badaun-why-few-are-buying-the-cbis-suicide-story/〕 The girl's family and others have charged that the local police attempted a cover-up of the incident due to the lower status of the family. Some of the earliest reports claimed that the family belong to a "Dalit" (untouchables) caste, while the alleged perpetrators and the local police officials investigating the crime belong to the Yadav community, a supposedly higher class.〔(Teen girls gang-raped and hanged from a tree - police BY NITA BHALLA May 29, 2014 -"low-caste Dalit" )〕 Later reports contradicted the report of the victims belonging to the Dalit community. On 6 June, the Indian government began a review of the case and determined that because "a concerted effort of a blame game has taken shape by the officials manning the administration" investigating the case, "it is necessary for the court to monitor the investigation".〔(Badaun gangrape case: HC to monitor probe, wants DGP report in 3 weeks | The Indian Express )〕 The case has gained both national and international attention. In a statement, the humanitarian organization Save the Children India called the attack "part of an alarming trend of brutal violence against those from marginalised communities". The CBI announced in on 27 November 2014 that they have concluded that the two cousins were not sexually assaulted and murdered as police initially said, but took their own lives.〔(Investigation of India girls' hangings finds no evidence of rape, murder, Sugam Pokharel and Katie Hunt, CNN November 27, 2014 )〕〔(Badaun girls committed suicide, CBI says after five-month probe, Abhishek Sharan , Hindustan Times New Delhi, November 26, 2014 )〕〔(बदायूं कांड में ‘गैरजिम्मदाराना रिपोर्टिंग’ करने वाले माफी मांगें : आजम, November 27, 2014 )〕 Through the use of phone records it was established that the older girl was, in fact, having an affair with 20-year-old Pappu Yadav,〔(Badaun rape: Girl’s relative under CBI lens Abhishek Sharan, Hindustan Times New Delhi, September 20, 2014 )〕 with whom she had shared about 400 calls.〔( Badaun sisters committed suicide, were not raped: CBI, November 27, 2014 )〕 ==Incident as initially reported== The two teenage girls were cousins. They went missing on the evening of 26 May, when they went out of their home and were alleged to have been abducted. It was alleged that the girls had gone into the fields because there was no toilet in their home.〔 The parents of the girls immediately reported that the girls were missing, but allegedly their First Information Report was not lodged by the officers. According to some reports, Sohan Lal, father of one and uncle of the other victim, said that he went to the police station at around midnight begging for help in finding the girls, but that the two police officers on duty "mocked him, ripped up his complaint and told him to come back in the morning". Reports of the incident differ. Some reports said that a family relative had seen the abduction and reported the incident to the father of one of the girls. One news source stated that the father said that the family went to the accused's home and the accused admitted to abducting the girls but refused to release them. The father said that a policeman was present in the home at that time. Several hours later the girls' bodies were found hanging from a tree about one kilometre (0.6 mile) from their home. A large number of villagers had gathered at the site to prevent the police from removing the bodies for fear that the police would say that the girls had killed themselves.〔〔(India’s Police Mocked Father of Pre-Teen Raped and Killed - Bloomberg )〕 The families of the victims have asserted that the police are shielding the attackers,〔http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/05/29/uk-india-killings-idUKKBN0E91B220140529〕 adding that the alleged rapists and the police officers belong to the higher Yadav caste.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2014 Badaun gang rape allegations」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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