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Outrage in India as low-caste teen dies after gang rape

SHOTLIST NEW DELHI, INDIASEPTEMBER 29, 2020SOURCE: NNISRESTRICTIONS: NO RESALE 1. Mid shot protesters in front of the health facility in Delhi 2. Mid shot protesters with the police 3. Mid shot protesters scuffle with the police 4. Mid shot protesters chanting5. Mid shot protesters hang candles and chant6. Mid shot protesters ///-----------------------------------------------------------AFP textual content STORY: lead Outrage in India as low-caste teen dies after gang rape attention - provides Kohli reax ///New Delhi, Sept 29, 2020 (AFP) - A Dalit teen allegedly raped via 4 upper-caste men died of her accidents on Tuesday, sparking outrage from Indian activists, politicians and Bollywood stars.India's 200 million low-caste "untouchable" Dalits have long confronted discrimination and abuse, and campaigners say attacks have multiplied throughout the coronavirus pandemic.The 19-yr-ancient girl turned into brutally assaulted in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on September 14, according to a complaint filed by way of the family unit with police.The 4 accused had been arrested, in keeping with the authorities.discovered mendacity in a pool of blood and paralysed from injuries to her neck and backbone, the lady became rushed to a native medical institution earlier than being delivered to New Delhi on Monday as her circumstance worsened."She died all through the course of medication on Tuesday mornin g. we will be certain swift investigation and trial within the case," Hathras district police chief Vikrant Vir instructed AFP.The information comes months after 4 men have been hanged for the brutal gang rape and murder of a scholar on a bus in Delhi in 2012 -- a case which came to symbolise the nation's issue with sexual violence, gaining worldwide notoriety and being grew to become into a Netflix tv reveal.Bollywood personalities, cricket stars and ladies's rights activists took to social media to sentence this month's attack."sad, unhappy day. How a good deal longer can this be allowed to head on," wrote director-producer Farhan Akhtar."What took place in #Hathras is inhumane and goes beyond cruelty. Hope the culprits of this heinous crime may be dropped at justice," cricket superstar Virat Kohli tweeted.Activist Kavita Krishnan mentioned the attack mirrored the "bigger photo of structural violence" against Dalit women.Priyanka Gandhi, a member of the opposition Congress party, blamed the assault on the deteriorating legislation-and-order situation in Uttar Pradesh, which is dominated by prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata party.ladies in India are subjected to alarming stages of sexual assaults, no matter their caste or classification. well-nigh 34,000 rapes had been suggested within the country in 2018, but the figures are considered the tip of the iceberg, with many victims too scared to come back ahead.abh/stu/grk/leg -------------------------------------------------------------