The teenage girls who were raped, murdered and left hanging from a mango tree - PHOTO+VIDEO

Three brothers today confessed to attacking and killing the young cousins, named Murti and Pushpa, in a case which has horrified India.The crime provoked national outrage after it emerged that police in the village of Katra initially refused to investigate the girls' murder due to their low-caste status.The alleged killers - Pappu, Awadhesh and Urvesh Yadav - are members of the dominant Yadav caste, to which most of the local police also belong.Low-caste villagers from the community in Uttar Pradesh state have expressed concern that they could also be targeted in the wake of the horrifying attacks.Police officer Atul Saxena said today that the three men arrested over the crime had admitted their guilt while being held in custody.He added that the authorities are still searching for two more suspects, and have prepared identity sketches in a bid to track them down.  Yesterday, his wife called for the killers to be executed, saying: 'Money can't bring back my daughter but the hanging of her killers would give peace to her soul.'And Pushpa's father Babu Ram accused the police of ignoring his family because they belong to the Dalit caste - formerly known as 'untouchables'.He said: 'At the police station, the first thing they asked is what caste we came from. And when we told them we were Dalits, they didn't entertain our complaints.' (dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.az