Six arrested over India gang rape of nine-year-old

    Six people have been arrested in connection with the gang rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in Indian-administered Kashmir.

    Officials said the girl's body was found on Sunday 2 September in a jungle in Baramulla district. She was tortured and her body was burnt with acid. 

    Authorities believe the girl's stepmother told her 14-year-old son and three others to rape the victim in her presence. 

    It is alleged the stepmother held a grudge against the girl over favouritism with her father. 

    The girl had been missing for 10 days before the body was found. 

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