New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- The alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old Dalit girl by a crematorium priest in southwest Delhi's Old Nangal village has received outrage from across the state and even on Twitter with the hashtag #JusticeforDelhiCnttgirl trending.

The victim's mother has alleged that the child was raped and murdered and to cover up the crimes, her body was cremated without the consent of her or her husband.

According to the mother's testimony, the child stepped out of her house at around 5:30 in the evening to get water from a water cooler but didn't return. Soon after, the priest and three other individuals-who also happen to be the accused in question-called the mother and claimed that the child was electrocuted by the coole...