(ANSA) - NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 20 - Another young sexual violence victim died in India, just a week after the discovery of the bodies hanged from a tree of the two abducted and raped sisters.
The victim, this time, is a sixteen year old, who died last night in the hospital in Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh, where she had been hospitalized in her life after being raped and set on fire.
Police released the news today, letting it be known that two alleged perpetrators have already been arrested.
This umpteenth episode, which dates back to two days ago, had been kept under wraps so as not to feed the already high tension in Uttar Pradesh where, after the death of the two sisters, there were strong protests and demonstrations to demand protection and safety for women.
Once again, in fact, the violence was perpetrated in the most populous state in the whole of India and with the highest crime rate.
And, once again, the victim belonged to the Dalit cast, believed to be the lowest in Hinduism's persistent social ladder.
A large group of police officers has been deployed to protect the victim's family: in the past, on similar occasions, relatives have been threatened or have suffered severe retaliation for having "dared to report" the incident.
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