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NEW DELHI (AP) - The Indian government on Wednesday ordered an inquiry into how local authorities responded to the disappearances of 17 women and children from impoverished backgrounds who were found dismembered in an affluent New Delhi suburb last week.
Relatives of the victims, nearly all of whom came from families of poor migrant workers, say police repeatedly brushed off their complaints as people vanished over the past two years from a well-to-do neighborhood in Noida.
Police have already suspended seven mid- and lower-ranking officers because of the killings, and the federal government on Wednesday ordered a committee to investigate the case, said N.C. Joshi, a spokesman for the Ministry for Women. The ministry is one of three represented on the panel, which also includes officials for the state of Uttar Pradesh, in which Noida is located.
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