The 23-year-old girl died in a hospital after two days of being burned by a suspect group on her way to a rape trial.

The victim did not survive after two days of treatment at a hospital in the Indian capital New Delhi due to severe burns. She was put on a team of five men and burned alive while she was going to the Unnao district court, Uttar Pradesh state to attend the rape trial where she was the victim.

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Members of a non-governmental organization holding a banner to protest violence against women in Mumbai, India Photo: AFP.

She filed a complaint in March after being raped by five men in a group in December 2018. Three of the suspects were arrested but released on bail last week, while the two fled. Police have arrested the whole group of suspects.

Uttar Pradesh is India's most populous state and also where more than 4,200 rape cases were reported in 2017.

Indian police on December 6 killed four rape suspects and murdered 27-year-old veterinarian Priyanka near Hyderabad, Telangana, because they were trying to flee when taken to the real scene. test cases. Families of the victims and many residents welcomed the timely action of the police.

Sexual rape and violence against women in India has come under the spotlight since the death of a female student in New Delhi in 2012. Officials tighten punishment for rape offenses but show no signs. Which shows that the violence against women is in remission.

According to the latest Indian government figures, nearly 33,660 rapes were recorded in 2017, the average of 62 cases per day.