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Suspect Uttam Sahu, a friend of the groom, is charged with rape and murder
The 24-year-old allegedly lured girl away from wedding promising her a drink
It is claimed he then raped her and bludgeoned her to death with cement brick

Published: 05:26 EDT, 20 April 2018 | Updated: 05:28 EDT, 20 April 2018

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An 11-year-old girl was raped and bludgeoned to death at a wedding before her attacker reportedly rejoined the celebrations covered in her blood.

Suspect Uttam Sahu, 24, is accused of luring the child away from the party in the Indian district of Kabirdham in Chhattisgarh late on Wednesday night.

After promising to get her a cold drink, he took her 1.5km away near to a dark and deserted spot near a stream, it is claimed.

The site where the girl's body was found in India. She was kidnapped, raped and bludgeoned to death

There he raped her and bludgeoned her to death with a cement brick before abandoning her half-naked body, police say.

An investigator said he didn't bother covering his tracks, returning to the wedding and partying as if nothing had happened with her blood fresh on his shirt.

'He left her body with hardly any clothes on and returned to the wedding. He had no clue that he had bloodstains on his shirt,' said Kawardha SP Lal Umed Singh.

Protests in cities across India have been held this month, with demonstrators demanding action against rapists and violence against women.

The rallies came after eight-year-old schoolgirl Asifa Bano was kidnapped, gang raped and murdered in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Days later another girl, also eight years old, was found raped and murdered after being kidnapped from a wedding in Etah, Uttar Pradesh state.

Asifa Bano, who was kidnapped, gang raped and murdered in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir this month

In this latest case, witnesses told police the suspect 'had his eyes on [the girl] all evening', The Times of India reported.

The girl's family reportedly began looking for her after the attacker returned to the wedding. Guests told them they had last seen her with Sahu, a friend of the groom.

They found him with bloodstains on his clothes and called the police. Officers found the girl's body the following morning.

Sahu has been charged with rape and murder.

IMF's Lagarde urges India to focus on women in wake of child rapes

Christine Lagarde (left) called on Indian PM Narendra Modi (right) to be more assertive in promoting women's rights in India

IMF chief Christine Lagarde on Thursday called on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to focus on women in the wake of the 'revolting' rape and murder of two young girls.

While she praised the nation's economic performance, 'what has happened is just revolting,' Lagarde said when asked about the incidents in the past week involving a seven and an eight-year-old girl.

'I would hope that the Indian authorities, starting with Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi, pay more attention, because it is needed for the women of India,' a visibly angry Lagarde was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.

'It's not just a question of talking about them.'

Speaking as the International Monetary Fund opens its Spring meetings, she said she had admonished Modi earlier this year at a gathering in Davos because 'he had not mentioned women enough'.

Lagarde, a long-time advocate for women's rights, said the comments reflected her personal view, not that of the institution.

The gang rapes and murders of the two girls sparked nationwide outrage and demonstrations throughout India.

A 2014 UN report said one in three rape victims in India was a minor. Nearly 11,000 cases of child rape were reported in the country in 2015, according to the National Crime Records Bureau's latest figures.