2 Brothers Get Death Sentence For Raping, Burning Minor Girl In Rajasthan

Two men convicted of raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl in August last year - by burning her alive in a coal furnace - have been sentenced to death by a special court in Rajasthan's Bhilwara.

The men - brothers, identified as Kalu and Kanha, from the Kaleblia tribe - were found guilty Saturday by a POCSO, or Protection of Children from Sexual Offences, court that also acquitted seven other individuals, including three women, who were accused of destroying evidence.

Two of the three women are reportedly married to Kalu and Kanha.

Special Public Prosecutor Mahaveer Singh Kishnawat told reporters, "Kalu and Kanha were awarded death penalty." On Saturday, he confirmed they had been found guilty of raping and killing the girl."