A recent article by India Today released a shocking story about a female college student who was brutally killed in a village in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh.
The 20-year-old college student was gang raped and set on fire by 3-4 men who overpowered her in Desarmau locality in Ikdil town.
The student was brought to UP Rural Institute of Medial Science in the town of Saifai with 80 percent burn injuries. She died the morning of July 12, 2013.
“There were allegations that the local police first tried to hush up the crime since the alleged rapists were from an influential family but registered an FIR after the pressure from senior officials,” the article reported.
Horrifically, this story is not the first of its kind. Two days before, others had tried to silence a teenage rape victim in Pratapgarh by cutting off her tongue to stop her from testifying. Days before that, a five-year-old was found raped and dead from stabbings in Lucknow with “police trying to pass off the case as an incident of dog bite,” the article reported.
Crimes against women in India are tragically and despicably common. These stories should be warnings to those considering studying abroad in India. Educate yourself about the colossal risks and cultural differences before going abroad. This information could save your life.
Written by Nicola Losik.
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