A woman from India's marginalised Dalit community has died after being gang-raped, police said Thursday, days after the death of a teenager from the same 'untouchable' group at the hands of a group of high-caste men sparked outrage.
A woman from India's marginalised Dalit community has died after being gang-raped, police said Thursday, days after the death of a teenager from the same"untouchable" group at the hands of a group of high-caste men sparked outrage.
Her death comes months after four men were hanged for the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi, in a case that came to symbolise the nation's problems with sexual violence. Indian activists protest against an alleged gang rape of a 19 years old Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh state, in Bhopal, India, 1 October 2020The 19-year-old victim in that case was left paralysed by her injuries and was rushed to hospital in New Delhi 200 kilometres away but died on Tuesday.
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