Published 07:14 IST, December 7th 2019
Unnao Rape victim passes away at Safdarjung Hospital due to cardiac arrest
The Unnao Rape victim, who was set ablaze on Thursday, has passed away after suffering cardiac arrest in Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on December 7
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In tragic news, Unnao Rape victim who was set ablaze on Thursday died due to cardiac arrest in Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on December 6. While victim was initially treated in Luckw’s SMC government hospital after she suffered severe burn injuries, she was airlifted to Safdarjung Hospital on Thursday night.
" Unnao Rape victim died in Safdarjung Hospital. She died due to cardiac arrest. She had suffered over 90 percent of burn injury," an official statement by Safdarjung Hospital read.
victim had suffered over 90 per cent burn injuries. Her condition deteriorated after 8:30 pm. Doctors increased medicines. She had a cardiac arrest later, and bread her last at 11:40 pm.
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victim was on her way to local court for hearing of her case when kerosene was thrown on her, and she was set ablaze on Thursday. As per police, five individuals namely Shubham, Shivam, Harishankar, Umesh, and Ram Kishore were responsible for this act. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took te of incident and promised that strict action would be taken against accused. Moreover, he declared that Unnao rape survivor would be treated on government expense.
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00:29 IST, December 7th 2019