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Police in the southern Indian city of Bangalore have arrested four men for gang-raping a 17-year-old girl.

The girl was allegedly held in a hotel room and repeatedly raped over a period of 10 days.

The four men have been sent to judicial custody. The manager of the hotel is one of the accused.

The police told the ���˿��� that another of the accused was a friend of the girl's who took her to the hotel on the "pretext of attending a party".

The girl is believed to have left home on 26 October. Her parents reported her missing on 30 October.

The police said they have also registered a case of rape and kidnap under the Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences Act, because the girl is a minor.

Scrutiny of sexual violence has grown in India since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a bus in the capital Delhi.

The crime sparked days of protests and forced the government to introduce tougher anti-rape laws, including the death penalty.

However, brutal sexual attacks against women and children continue to be reported across the country.