New Dehli erupts in violence over death of gang rape victim, 23, who was doused in petrol and set on fire by her attackers and a mob of men as she travelled to their trial
- 23-year-old rape victim who was attacked and set on fire has died at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi
- We she attacked in Uttar Pradesh by group of men, including two of five accused of gang raping her last year
- She had been on her way to the train station to attend a court hearing in the case against the men
- Five men have been arrested in connection with the burn attack, which is being investigated
- Opposition groups have accused local government of not doing enough to protect women recently
A rape victim who was savagely attacked and set on fire on her way to a court hearing in the case has died in a hospital in New Delhi as protests have erupted across the state in anger at the crime.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was attacked in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh by a group of men on Thursday, including two of the five she had accused of gang rape last year who were out of custody on bail.
She suffered 90 per cent burns to her body and died late on Friday from a cardiac arrest. Five men had been arrested and question in connection with the burn attack.
Relatives of the woman and hundreds of locals have gathered outside her house in Unnao in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh to mourn her death.
Protestors in the capital Delhi organised a candle light march to the India Gate in her memory, and demanded justice for the accused.
The death of a rape victim set on fire by two men accused of raping her have sparked angry protests in northern India, with hundreds demanding justice in the case and more safety for women
Delhi police fired water cannons at the crowd when the protestors tried to jump over police barricades. They had earlier been walking in a candle-lit vigil for the victim
More than 33,000 rapes were reported in India in 2017, according to the latest government figures, but vast numbers go unreported, experts say. At the same time, a huge backlog of cases that many victims wait years for their attackers to be convicted, and that many perpetrators escape justice
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was attacked in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh by a group of men on Thursday. Activists took to the streets today over government inaction
Yogi Adityanath, the state's chief minister, said the case would be heard in a fast track court and the 'strictest of punishment will be given to the culprits'
An alleged rape victim, 23, who was set on fire on her way to a court hearing in the gang rape case she filed has died from her injuries in a hospital in New Delhi. Her body was today returned to her home in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh state
The sister of the victim, whose name has not been released, told the BBC that she wanted the death penalty for the pair. She said the family would continue to fight the case against them in court
The 23-year-old woman suffered extensive injuries and was airlifted Thursday from Uttar Pradesh to Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, where she died late Friday of cardiac arrest, said Dr. Shalab Kumar, head of the hospital's burn unit.
However before she died she was able to provide a testimony to police at hospital bed, detailing how she was stabbed and beaten before being set on fire.
'They surrounded me and first hit me on the leg with a stick and also stabbed me in the neck with a knife,' she said.
'After that they poured petrol on me and set me on fire. When I started shouting, a crowd collected and the police was called,' she said.
The sister of the victim, whose name has not been released, told the BBC that she wanted the death penalty for the pair. She said the family would continue to fight the case against them in court.
Police documents showed the woman had filed a complaint with Unnao police in March alleging that she had been raped at gunpoint on December 12, 2018.
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