Woman raped and set ablaze in Uttar Pradesh's Fatehpur dies at Kanpur hospital; police yet to nab accused
FirstpostAn 18-year-old girl, who was raped and set ablaze in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur on Saturday, died of burns at Kanpur’s Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital on Thursday An 18-year-old girl, who was raped and set ablaze in a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Fatehpur on Saturday, died of burns at Kanpur’s Lala Lajpat Rai Hospital on Thursday, PTI reported. The incident comes less than two weeks after a rape survivor, who was set ablaze by the accused in Unnao while she was on the way for the case’s hearing in Rae Bareli, died of burns at Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital. The Fatehpur rape survivor was battling with 90 percent burns after the two accused in the case set her on fire. The 22-year-old accused was her distant relative, who allegedly raped and set the girl ablaze when she was alone at her house in a village under the Hussainganj Police Station, Circle Officer Kapil Dev Mishra told PTI.