3-Year-Old Indian Girl Watches as Mother Is Raped and Brother Is Killed

In the State of Uttar Pradesh, a family endures horrible tragedy.
3-Year-Old Indian Girl Watches as Mother Is Raped and Brother Is Killed
Indian youth hold candles during a protest against sexual violence in New Delhi on Feb. 9, 2015. AP Photo/ Tsering Topgyal
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The 3-year-old daughter of an Indian woman, who was raped by two men aboard a bus, recounted the grisly details of her mother’s attack and her baby brother’s death. 

On March 7, the mother of two was returning to Rampur from visiting her sister when she was attacked in Sheeshgarh, a village in the Bareilly District of Uttar Pradesh.

Initially, it was unclear exactly what occurred, as the 28-year-old woman was unable to give police a statement after she was found unconscious the next day on the side of the road, her daughter and dead infant by her side.

The 3-year-old, who hid out of sight of the assailants, told authorities that her mother was attacked after all the other passengers had left the bus. The men forced the mother to drink alcohol and during the scuffle her 2-week-old brother was killed. ”The Times of India“ reported that the two men—a private bus driver and the bus conductor—threw the newborn baby from his mother’s lap. 

Sheeshgarh, where the rape took place (Google Maps)
Sheeshgarh, where the rape took place Google Maps