Two minor girls, aged 16 and 14, were found dead on Thursday, 28 February, after allegedly being gang raped by two men in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur.
The families of the girls, who were cousins, claimed that two men forced them to drink liquor, gang raped them, and filmed objectionable videos of them in Kanpur's Ghatampur area on 27 February.
Victims' families beaten up: When the girls reported the matter to their kin, they immediately complained to the family of the accused, who are said to be powerful contractors in the area. However, the family of the accused allegedly beat them up.
"Distressed by this incident, and fearing public shame, both of them died by suicide," the father of one of the victims said in his complaint to the police.