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A 17-year-old Indian girl who was gang-raped committed suicide after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative said on Thursday.

Amid the ongoing uproar over the gang-rape of a student on a bus in New Delhi earlier this month, the latest case has again shone the spotlight on the police’s handling of sex crimes.

One police officer has been sacked and another suspended over their conduct after the assault during the festival of Diwali on November 13 in the Patiala region in the Punjab, according to officials.

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India Gang Rape Suicide

Indian youth hold candles and placards as they take part in a candle light vigil following
the gang rape of a student last week in the Indian capital during a rally
in Ahmedabad on December 23, 2012.
(SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images)

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