Protests break out over rapes in India
Thousands of people have taken to the streets across India in reaction to a series of high-profile rape cases, in some of the largest mass demonstrations held in the country since the rape and murder of a female college student in Delhi in 2012. CNN's Nikhil Kumar reports.
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - APRIL 15: People take part in 'Not In My Name' protest against the Kathua and Unnao rape cases, at Parliament Street, on April 15, 2018 in New Delhi, India. An 8-year-old nomad girl was raped and murdered in Jammu's Kathua in January after she was kidnapped and sedated. In the other case, a 17-year-old girl alleged rape by BJP legislator Kuldeep Sigh Sengar and his brother Atul Singh in Uttar Pradesh. The girl's father died earlier this week after he was allegedly beaten by the men of the rape accused. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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