Suspects 'confess' to gang-rape and hanging India teenage girls
Three detained suspects have confessed to the gang-rape and slaying of two teenage cousins who were found hanging from a tree in northern India last week, according to local police.
Senior official visits site where hanged girls were found
A senior Indian official has called for federal police to investigate the gang-rape and hanging of two teenage girls.
Vice president of India's Congress Party, Rahul Gandhi, visited the site where the teenager's were found hanged.
Gandhi said: "The honour of women is invaluable - there is a need for justice.
"In the end the people who were involved in this should know that in India this will not be tolerated."
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