A 23-year-old alleged rape victim is fighting for her life after she was set on fire while going to court in northern India. The woman was on her way to a hearing in the case she filed against two men in March, in Uttar Pradesh.
She is in critical condition in hospital, where she is being treated for severe burns. Five men including two of her alleged rapists have been arrested on suspicion of setting her on fire, police say.
The
woman was on her way to a train station when a group of men assaulted
her and dragged her to a nearby field, where they set her on fire, according to reports in local media.
The incident occurred in Unnao district, which was recently in the news over another rape case. Police opened a murder investigation against a ruling party lawmaker in July after a woman who accused him of rape was seriously injured in a car crash. Two of her aunts were killed and her lawyer was injured.
This
latest incident has sparked widespread outrage in India, which is still
reeling under a shocking murder and rape case that grabbed headlines
just under a week ago. In that case, A 27-year-old vet in the southern city of Hyderabad was raped and set on fire. Protests were held across the country after the
victim's charred remains were found following her disappearance last
week.
Rape and sexual violence against women have been in focus in India
since the December 2012 gang-rape and murder of a young woman on a bus
in the capital, Delhi. But there has been no sign that crimes against
women are abating. According to the latest government crime
figures, police registered 33,658 cases of rape in India in 2017 -
that's an average of 92 rapes every day.
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