UTTAR PRADESH, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 9: 7 year old Dipti (name changed) poses for a photo on her roof, where she was raped two years ago, on September 9, 2016 in Uttar Pradesh, India. Two years ago, when she was 4 years old, she was raped by a neighbor, who the family says is about 27 years old now. The rape happened when her mother was at the market and her father was taking a shower. The neighbor found her playing up on the roof of her house and he raped her. Her father came up after his shower and asked her why her pants were wet, and she told him what happened to her. He took her to the police station where they registered a case. Her family asked the police for medical treatment for her, but the police responded "your daughter looks fine, all we need is her pants for the investigation.". Her family says that the community is torn, many people support them, but many others sympathize with the rapist because he is the only male of the family, and if he goes to jail they say no one will be able to financially support his family. He was in jail for 1 and 1/2 years, but now he is out on bail, and has offered the family 80,000 rupees (about $1195) to drop the case. After the rape, Dipti stayed home from school for 15 days because people were approaching her on the road to school, threatening that they would attack her brother unless her family dropped the case. (Photo by Getty Images)

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