Outrage and protests in India over latest horrific murder-rape case

A 27-year-old veterinary surgeon was gang-raped and murdered before being burned, in the latest case to shock India

Protests have spread from Hyderabad to other cities, as well as online, as women share their fears for their safety

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Protesters hold candles and a banner as they participate in a candle light procession calling for justice following the recent rape and murder case of a 27-year-old veterinary surgeon in Hyderabad, India. Photo: AFP

Published: 11:49pm, 30 Nov 2019Updated: 11:53pm, 30 Nov 2019

Hundreds of people on Saturday laid siege to a police station where four men are being held over the latest gruesome rape-murder to shock India.

Baton-wielding police pushed back crowds from the building in the southern city of Hyderabad where they said the 27-year-old veterinary surgeon was gang-raped, killed and then her body burned.

While the suspects were quickly detained, the killing sparked new outrage in a country that has been in the international spotlight over its handling of sex assaults since the brutal gang-rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus in 2012.

“How anyone could subject another human being to such terrible, unprovoked violence is beyond imagination,” said former opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi on Twitter.

Demonstrators argue with a police officer during a protest against the alleged rape and murder of a 27-year-old woman in Hyderabad, India. Photo: Reuters

Police had to bring in reinforcements to bolster security around the Hyderabad police station. The suspects appeared before a magistrate and were remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.