POLICE have arrested 14 men on suspicion of raping and burning a teen girl to death after abducting her from a wedding.

The girl who was kidnapped from Chatra, eastern India on Thursday, was set on fire after her parents complained to elders that she had been sexually assaulted, police said.

4 Protesters in India hold placards demanding justice for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl Credit: AP:Associated Press

According to cops, the local village elders forced the accused to do 100 sit-ups and pay a 50, 000 rupee (£550) fine as a punishment.

But this spurred the thugs to burn the girl to death and assault her parents.

Ashok Ram, the officer in charge of the local police station, said: "The two accused thrashed the parents and rushed to the house where they set the girl ablaze with the help of their accomplices."

Police said they are still seeking four others in relation to the rape and murder of the teenager.

4 The death penalty was introduced in India last month for anyone convicted of raping a child under 12 Credit: AFP or licensors

4 Eight-year-old Asifa Bano was brutally raped and murdered in an Indian temple in January - her death sparked international outrage Credit: SWNS:South West News Service

4 Some 54 children are raped every day in India - the country is in the middle of a 'rape epidemic' Credit: EPA

Several village elders have now been charged with tampering with evidence and passing unlawful orders, according to local reports.

Councils of village elders have significant influence in many parts of rural India.

Elders often settle disputes without having to go through the country's expensive judicial system.

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This comes after a spate of sickening sex attacks has seen children raped, abused, tortured and killed in India.

Some 54 children across the country are raped every day, more than two every hour.

The death of eight-year-old Asifa Bano on January 17 in particular sparked nationwide protests, while grim details of further child killings are published on a near-daily basis.

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