India, May 27 -- The last few days have seen a slew of deaths, especially of young women, related to dowry harassment and mental torture. On Tuesday, a new case was reported by the police where a nine-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly gang-raped by two minor boys from her village in the Haldi area of Ballia district. Actor Bhumi Pednekar has now reacted to the distressing case and penned a note on her social media to raise concern.

Taking to her Instagram Stories, Bhumi shared a post which outlined the details of the case. The actor wrote in the caption, "Please read! A 9 year old girl was sexually assaulted by a 11 year old and a 12 year old."

She went on to add, "What the hell is going on! How are we not alarmed and ashamed at what we...