BENGALURU, India — More than four dozen men have been arrested in India for the repeated sexual abuse of a teenager that lasted years, police told Agence France-Presse (AFP) on Wednesday.

The young victim is a Dalit, the lowest rung in the rigid Hindu caste system, who are disproportionately targeted for sexual violence in a country with high rates of crime against women.

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