Uttar Pradesh: Several suspects interrogated by police over Dalit girl gang-rape

Following the brutal gang-rape and murder of a 17-year-old Dalit girl, the police have taken several suspects into custody for questioning, officials said on Saturday.

The minor girl was gang-raped by three men in Lank village in Shamli district of the state on Wednesday. The accused then murdered the victim by hanging her from a ceiling.

Several people have been taken into custody and are being quizzed about the incident, a police official said.