Two police officers in India have been sacked for refusing to help search for two missing girls who were later found gang-raped and hanged, authorities say.
One officer was arrested while the other fled. Two of the suspected attackers have also been detained.
The government has pledged to set up a fast-track court to prosecute the crime, which took place earlier this week in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Alleged police inaction sparked outrage in the teenagers’ village.
He said that when policemen found out he was from a lower caste, they “refused to look for my girl”.
The sacked officers were charged with criminal conspiracy, police said on Friday.
Two of the three men accused of raping and killing the girls have been arrested. The third suspect was on the run, authorities added.
