Fatehpur woman who alleged rape dies of burn in hospital

An 18-year-old woman from Fatehpur, who was allegedly raped and set ablaze, died on Thursday in a Kanpur hospital after battling for life for almost 120 hours, officials said. "She h suffered from organ failure including lungs and kidneys following serious injuries and we tried to resuscitate her, but she could t survive and died," He of department (surgery) at hospital, Sanjay Kala said. body has been sent to mortuary for autopsy.

rape victim, who h over 90 per cent burns, h been put on ventilator support since Tuesday due to continued multi-organ dysfunction. She was having problems while breathing too, Kala said.

"She was almost unconscious since Wednesday evening and took her last breath at around 6:30 am, he said.

" patient h remained in an extremely critical condition since mission to LLR hospital," Kala said, ding that a team of several doctors tried to keep her stable, but her condition continued to deteriorate over last two days.

An FIR was registered on basis of a complaint lodged by woman's family last week and an accused was arrested for rape and attempt to murder, according to Fatehpur SP Prashant Verma.

ditional Director General of Police (Allahab zone) Sujeet Pandey h earlier said it was woman who allegedly set herself ablaze when a 'panchayat' did t approve of her relationship with a distant relative.

When matter of her relationship with distant relative came to light, a panchayat was held in her vill during which woman and man were me to take a pledge that y would live separately and t meet each or.

Upset over panchayat's decision, woman rushed to her house and allegedly set herself ablaze.

District Magistrate Fatehpur Sanjeev Singh h said that upon ticing smoke, villrs rescued woman and took her to a local community health centre.

On December 5, a rape survivor from Unnao was set ablaze by five people, including two accused of raping her. y were arrested same day. woman later died during treatment in a Delhi hospital.