Was Mulayam Singh's statement on rape an encouragement for such an incident to happen?: Chirag Paswan on Badaun gang rape.

Latest in the case: Two of the men arrested for allegedly raping and murdering the two cousins whose bodies were found hanging from a tree have confessed to the crime, the Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday said and asserted it was in the process of collecting "concrete" evidence to nail the culprits in court.

Actor-turned-politician Chirag Paswan, the son of  LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal candidate Sudhansu Shekhar Bhaskar by over 85,000 votes in Jamui.

Mulayam Singh Yadav has sparked outrage with his comments questioning the death sentence to three men who were convicted of two gang-rapes in the Mumbai Shakti Mills case in April. "Should rape cases be punished with hanging? They are boys, they make mistakes," he had said while campaigning for the national election.