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The woman was on her way to attend a court hearing when she was doused with kerosene and set on fire on Thursday.
A 23-year-old rape victim died in a hospital in India’s capital two days after she was set on fire by a gang of men, including her alleged rapist, Reuters partner ANI reported on Saturday.
The woman was on her way to board a train in Unnao district of northern Uttar Pradesh state to attend a court hearing when she was doused with kerosene and set on fire on Thursday, according to the police.
She died of cardiac arrest, ANI reported.
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The woman had filed a complaint with Unnao police in March alleging that she had been raped at gun-point on December 12, 2018, police documents showed.
On Friday, Indian police shot dead four men who were suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian near Hyderabad city, an action applauded by her family and many citizens outraged over sexual violence against women.
More than 33,000 women were raped – an average of some 90 rapes reported each day – in India in 2017, according to the figures released by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
But the real figure is believed to be far higher as many women in India do not report cases to police due to fear or shame.
David Adams
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