Tuesday's attack was not the first such incident outside the court in Ghaziabad.

BBC: Aarushi Talwar's father attacked outside court

Reports in the Indian media said that the teenage girl had taken an auto rickshaw home from near a busy mall in Indirapuram in Ghaziabad.

BBC: Two arrested over India Ghaziabad 'gang rape'

After a 30-month inquiry, India's federal detective agency, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), went to a court on Wednesday in Ghaziabad, near Delhi, to close the case.

BBC: Aarushi Talwar murder investigation closed

An increasing number of cases of violence against women by policemen is being reported by the media, including a recent case where a young woman was slapped in the northern Indian town of Ghaziabad.

BBC: Indian media: Police violence