Outrage in India Over Authorities’ Handling of Rape and Murder Case

Arrests in connection with crime against 8-year-old girl threatens to ratchet up tension between Hindu and Muslim communities

NEW DELHI—Protests over the handling of the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl spread across India on Sunday as the government came under pressure to ensure justice in a case that has shocked the country.

The girl was kidnapped in January and held in a Hindu temple in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir while she was drugged, gang-raped and murdered, according to a police charge sheet posted on a local media website.

The...