Hathras victim’s autopsy report confirms fracture in cervical vertebra

The girl was brutally assaulted by four men on Sept. 14 in Boolagarhi village, and after a long struggle for life, died in hospital on Tuesday

The autopsy report of the Hathras gang rape victim confirms injury to the cervical spine (neck) produced by indirect blunt trauma, and its resultant sequelae. Mentioning fracture in C 6 cervical vertebra, the report, signed by three doctors of the Safdarjung Hospital says the ligature mark over the neck is consistent with attempted strangulation but did not contribute to death.

The girl was brutally assaulted by four upper caste men on September 14 in Boolagarhi village of Hathras, and after a long struggle for life in Aligarh’s JN Medical College and Hospital, passed away in Safdarjung Hospital on Tuesday morning.

The final diagnosis says “alleged post strangulation with cervical spine injury with sepsis and cardiopulmonary arrest.”…

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