in Latur, a 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped and murdered by four youth. Latur is the home district of Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh and the local MP is Union home minister Shivraj Patil.
One of the accused Vijaykumar Pathale is related to local NCP MLA Chandrashekar Bhosale.
The shocking incident is certain to blow into a major political controversy because of the political protection given to the accused and the alleged complicity of the local police in hushing it up.
