Delhi: 23-Year-Old Women Dies After Being Set On Fire By Alleged Rapists

A 23-year-old rape victim suffered over 90% burns and died in hospital after her alleged rapists set her on fire in Delhi. An Indian home who was 23 years old was set on fire by her alleged rapists in Lucknow. Following this incident, she was airlifted to a hospital in Unnao, Delhi but died while hospitalised on Friday night. She was seeking treatment at Sardarjung Hospital in Delhi. Upon her arrival at the hospital, doctors were quick to describe the victim’s condition as extremely critical and placed her on ventilator support. According to medics, she suffered more than 90% burns. The Head of the Burns and Plastic Surgery Department at Sardarjung Hospital, Dr Shalabh Kumar made a statement about the incident saying, “Despite our best efforts, she did not survive”. While describing her condition he said, “Her condition deteriorated towards the evening. She had a cardiac arrest around 11.10 pm. We tried to resuscitate her, but she passed away around 11.40 pm.” The hospital’s forensic department will be conducting an autopsy report after which the report will be handed over to the police. The deceased’s brother demanded justice for his sister’s death and said that he hoped the accused would go to the place ““where she has gone”. “She asked me that brother, please save me,” he said. “I am very sad that I could not save her.” The women’s father made a statement saying, “All I want from the government and the authorities is that either they should be hanged or they should be shot dead, like what happened near Hyderabad. I am not greedy. I don’t want any house to be made. I don’t want anything else.” The incident he is referring to is the police encounter that took place near Hyderabad on Friday morning where four men accused of raping and killing a women were shot dead after their attempts to escape police custody. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Adityanath also expressed sorrow over the incident said that the case would be taken to court and fast-tracked. The state’s justice minister Bradjesh Pathak said the matter would be heard on a day-to-day basis. The woman was allegedly raped by two brothers in Unnao last year. She had filed a case against them in March. One of the accused was on the run and the other, Shivam, was released on bail only last week. The woman was on her way to a local court for a hearing in her rape case on Thursday when she was attacked by five men – two of whom were the rape accused – and set on fire. All five men were arrested within hours. On Friday, the woman’s uncle alleged that a relative of the main accused Shivam had threatened him. Keep up to date with more news at ProperGaanda: LUMS Professor Mysteriously Disappears Following Sexual Harassment Claims