A 19-year-old Dalit woman from Uttar Pradesh died in Delhi on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after four men raped and tortured her in Hathras district, NDTV reported.
The woman had been initially admitted to the Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College And Hospital at the Aligarh Muslim University but was moved to the Safdarjung Hospital’s intensive care unit on Monday. The woman had suffered multiple fractures. Her tongue had also been cut off.
The woman’s brother told The Times of India that they received the news of her death at 6 am. “We want justice for her,” he said. “The accused should not be spared. They must he hanged.”
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressed outrage over the woman’s death. “A Dalit girl, who suffered atrocities in Hathras, died in Delhi today,” she tweeted in Hindi. “She fought for her life in hospitals for a week.”…
