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Atrocity: Indian teenager raped and set on fire raising number of sexual crimes

The two cases have shone a spotlight on India's treatment of rape. [AFP]

A 17-year-old is battling for her life after being raped on Monday, doused in kerosene and set on fire, the second such case to shake India as it battles an increase in sexual crimes.

The teenager was attacked on the same day and in the same eastern state of Jharkhand as a 16-year-old who was raped and burnt to death.

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