Protesters demand death penalty over toddler’s rape

Huge protests have continued for the third day in Indianadministered Kashmir with people demanding the death penalty for a man who allegedly raped a three-year-old girl.

“The accused had tried to flee, but we caught him,” the girl’s father told BBC. He said the man was a neighbour and the police had arrested him.

“We want justice and stringent punishment,” the toddler’s father, Shair Ali Dar, said.

Schools and colleges were closed in the Bandipore region as protests continued on Tuesday.