Shimla Gang Rape

A top officer of Himachal Pradesh police and seven other policemen were arrested on Tuesday for the custody death of a man accused of the rape and murder of a schoolgirl in July. The rape and murder in Kothkai, 55 km from capital Shimla, had led to widespread protests in a state that is widely considered safe for women.

Two weeks after a teen girl in Himachal Pradesh was gang-raped and killed in an apple orchard, the main suspect has allegedly killed another man arrested for the crime by smashing his head on the floor of the police station where they were being held.

Accusing police of shielding the "real culprits" in the gang rape and murder of a schoolgirl, residents of a Himachal Pradesh town on Friday blocked a national highway and surrounded a police station to demand a CBI probe into the case.

A top officer of Himachal Pradesh police and seven other policemen were arrested on Tuesday for the custody death of a man accused of the rape and murder of a schoolgirl in July. The rape and murder in Kothkai, 55 km from capital Shimla, had led to widespread protests in a state that is widely considered safe for women.

Two weeks after a teen girl in Himachal Pradesh was gang-raped and killed in an apple orchard, the main suspect has allegedly killed another man arrested for the crime by smashing his head on the floor of the police station where they were being held.

Accusing police of shielding the "real culprits" in the gang rape and murder of a schoolgirl, residents of a Himachal Pradesh town on Friday blocked a national highway and surrounded a police station to demand a CBI probe into the case.