2 grisly gang rapes show India struggling on women's safety

FILE - In this Dec. 30, 2012 photo, Indians hold a candle light vigil to mourn the death of a gang rape victim as urge the government to make several key reforms to ensure safety of women, in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/ Saurabh Das, File) (The Associated Press)

FILE - In this March 4, 2015 photo, the shadow of an Indian couple is cast on a road at the bus stop where the victim of a deadly gang rape had boarded the bus on Dec. 16, 2012, in New Delhi, India. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File) (The Associated Press)

NEW DELHI – Indian police say two grisly gang rapes were reported in the last week, including one of a woman whose brutalized body was found in a patch of shrubs in a northern town.

The two crimes are reminiscent of the 2012 fatal gang rape of a woman in New Delhi that spurred widespread protests. Activists say the two recent cases show harsher laws and punishments passed in 2013 aren't deterring abuses against Indian women.

In one case, villagers on Friday found the disfigured body of a woman who was gang-raped and murdered in the northern town of Rohtak. Police said they had two of eight suspects in custody.

In another case, a woman reported being gang-raped in a moving car Saturday in a New Delhi suburb. Police are searching for suspects.