Tinsukia, April 21: In another gruesome case of brutality, a minor girl was brutally raped in Tinsukia in Assam on Friday. According to tweets available, the minor was a 6 and half-year-old girl. Reports say that the accused is 55-year-old and has been identified as Ainul Haque. As per preliminary investigations, the medical reports confirmed that the minor was raped.

Several rape incidences have surfaced from different parts of the country. The gruesome rape and murder of a minor in Indore have left many Indians wondering what it will take to stop sexual violence. The blood-soaked body of the infant was found in a building's basement in the wee hours of Friday at 4:45 am.

Reports inform that the post-mortem conducted by the state-run MY Hospital. The medical reports revealed the girl was likely raped before being killed as her private parts bore a sharp injury mark.  Amid a nation-wide outrage over the Kathua rape-cum-murder and the Unnao rape cases, the Bombay High Court said that India's image today has taken a beating with a growing perception abroad that it's a country of crimes and rapes and the liberal and secular people are not safe here.

According to a PTI report, a bench of Justices SC Dharamadhikari and Bharati Dangre went on to say that the rest of the world was hesitant now to engage with India over educational or cultural issues due to the current state of affairs in the country.

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