In devastating news, the Unnao rape survivor, who was burnt alive by the two accused on Thursday – died at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital late Friday night.
As per a report from News 18, her health had started deteriorating at around 8:30 PM, and she breathed her last around 11:40 PM.
Speaking on the matter, Dr. Shalab Kumar, Head of Burns and Plastic surgery at the hospital said:
Despite our best efforts, she did not survive. Her condition deteriorated towards the evening. She had a cardiac arrest around 11:10 PM. We tried to resuscitate her, but she passed away around 11:40 PM.
The woman was allegedly set on fire by the two accused when she was on her way to a hearing of the rape case in Raebareli. She was alone at the time.
With the second such horrific case surfacing within a week, people around the country are scared and angry about the whole situation and took to Twitter to express the same.