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They set a woman on fire when she went to the trial of those accused of having raped her

2019-12-06T07:24:13.482Z


The victim, 23, was attacked while traveling to testify at trial against two men accused of raping her. He has burns in 90% of his body and is in critical condition ...


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New Delhi (CNN) - A 23-year-old woman was set on fire this Thursday in the state of Uttar Pradesh, in India, while traveling to testify at trial against two men accused of raping her, police said.

The woman, still unidentified, told authorities she was attacked on the road to the railway station in Unnao, where she and the alleged rapists originated, according to local police officer Gaurav Kumar Tripathi.

The woman is in critical condition with burns in 90% of her body, according to Dr. Pradeep Tiwari of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Hospital in Lucknow.

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The victim told police that the two men accused of raping her in March were involved in this Thursday's attack, along with their respective parents and a nephew. One of the two was released on bail and the other has been fleeing, police told CNN.

The woman was to travel to the city of Rae Bareli, where the alleged rape took place in March, for the trial.

No official charges have been filed for Thursday's attack, but the five men were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and criminal intimidation, based on the woman's account of the attack.

This Wednesday, the president of the Delhi Women's Commission, Swati Maliwal, blamed the gaps in the legal system that allowed bail for dangerous perpetrators.

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"The violations have occurred so many times, and these violations have been committed by people who were already convicted of rape or who were already involved in a rape case and were on bail," he said. “How the systems are secured so far, how the damages are secured so far. There are no systems. ”

Maliwal spoke with CNN after the group rape and the murder of a 27-year-old woman in the city of Hyderabad last week.

India faces an endemic problem of sexual violence against women.

Sexual assaults in India have previously been seen by the authorities as a social and cultural problem rather than as a concern of the security forces, according to women's rights activists, as existing laws do not protect them.

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Source: cnnespanol

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