As outrage over India gang-rape grows, top court weighs suspending lawmakers charged with sex crimes

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NEW DELHI -- Indian lawmakers facing sexual assault charges against women could be suspended from office if the country’s top court rules in favour of a petition submitted following a gang-rape and murder that shocked the country.

The petition will be heard Thursday and comes as police prepare to formally charge six suspects in the gang-rape and killing of a student in the capital two weeks ago.

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