19-Year-Old Dalit Gang Rape Survivor From Hathras Dies In Delhi
A 19-year-old gang-rape survivor who was struggling for her life in Delhi's All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has lost her battle for life.
The survivor who was in a critical condition with multiple fractures and her tongue had been cut died on Tuesday morning.
The girl, a native of Hathras, in Uttar Pradesh, some 200 km from Delhi was shifted to the AIIMS of after her condition showed no signs of improvement at AMU's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, where she had been undergoing treatment.
Commenting on the death, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the culprits should he hanged at the earliest.
Incident happened a fortnight ago
The woman was gangraped a fortnight ago, following which she was admitted to the AMU's Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital.
The accused had also tried to strangulate her to death as she resisted their attempt and in the process, she had also ended up biting her tongue and suffering a severe cut on it.
Girl's legs completely paralysed
A spokesman of the hospital had said that the girl's legs have been completely paralysed and arms partially paralysed.
After her family members expressed their desire to take her to Delhi, she was referred to AIIMS on Monday morning.
The survivor, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste had gone to the fields with her mother to cut grass from where she was dragged away by the rapists.
The girl in her statement to the magistrate had named four upper-caste men from the village, Sandip, Ramu, Lavkush and Ravi as the ones who sexually assaulted and tried to murder her.
After an uproar over inaction and slow investigation, the Uttar Pradesh Police said the four men named by the girl in her statement have been arrested.
The station house officer of Chandpa police station in Hathras district under whose jurisdiction a 19-year-old Dalit woman was gang-raped nearly a fortnight ago, has been transferred to the district police lines, an official had said.
¡°Chandpa SHO D K Verma has been sent to police lines for his failure to promptly acting in the case,¡± said Hathras Superintendent of Police Vikrant Vir.
On Sunday night, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekar Azad had evaded police to reach JNMC to express "solidarity" with the 19-year-old Dalit woman.
Azad claimed that the brutal attack represents the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
"Policemen who have been negligent in this case should be duly punished and the woman's family members should be immediately provided security as they are feeling insecure and should be shifted to a safe spot," he said.
