NEW DELHI: Days after an alleged gang-rape victim was set on fire, a note was left at the family home of an 18-year-old set to testify in her own case against a man she had accused of rape. 'Consequences may be worse than what happened in Unnao,” the note read, alluding to the city in northern India where a woman was allegedly doused with gasoline and set ablaze by five men, including two she had accused of gang rape who were out on bail.
A woman in Bangalore is holding a candle and placard seeking an end to sexual violence against women, which has been on the rise in the country.In India, gruesome reports of rape and retaliatory killing are hauntingly familiar these days. - AP
Sexual violence against women and girls is so common in India, the case was given only a few lines in one of the country’s leading dailies. After she was set on fire, the 23-year-old woman from Unnao was medevaced to a burns unit in New Delhi, where she later died. Those praising the police shooting contrasted it with the 2012 case in New Delhi - whose victim was dubbed"Nirbhaya,” or"Fearless,” by Indian media because rape victims can't be identified under Indian law.
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