13-year-old girl beheaded with a sickle for refusing to have sex with 'higher caste' neighbor
Activists claim that a large number of crimes against women from the lower castes fo unreported, with only 5-8% of total crimes registered.
A 13-year-old girl from a lower caste was beheaded in a village in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India. The girl was reportedly beheaded for refusing the sexual advances of her neighbor, who belonged to a 'higher caste', reports say. According to TV18, the accused, Dinesh Kumar, beheaded the young girl with a sickle in a small village near Attur in the Salem district of Tamil Nadu after she repeatedly rejected his advances. The girl was studying at a nearby school and had reportedly told her mum about Kumar's continuous sexual advances.