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Renewed outrage over rape of 8-year-old girl in India
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NEW DELHI - Two rape cases - one of them involving a powerful lawmaker - in Indian states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party have again turned the spotlight on the plight of young, defenceless victims.
An eight-year-old girl from a Sunni Muslim nomadic tribe of shephards was the victim in the more brutal and shocking case, in volatile Jammu and Kashmir state.
