A teenager from Delhi who was allegedly tortured, repeatedly raped and force-fed acid has died a sickening painful death after her 'internal organs were destroyed.' The 14-year-old 'Dalit' - a member of the lowest caste in India's social system, also known as an ' untouchable ' - is said to have been drugged and raped by her family's neighbour last year.
He allegedly kidnapped the teenager again ahead of a court hearing in May before torturing and raping her.
Her
parents are reportedly street cleaners and currently at the hospital
where she was treated, Max Hospital in Shalimar Bagh, north west Delhi.
She was forced to swallow a corrosive liquid, possibly an acid, by the
man and 'died a very painful death', according to the Delhi Commission
for Women (DCW) chairperson Swati Maliwal .
Dalits women and people from different organisations
shouting slogan during a protest against the rise of rape cases of Dalit
women in Haryana
She said the neighbour, named only as Shivshankar, was arrested only after the DCW became involved.
Ms
Maliwal tweeted: "The girl was fed a corrosive substance which
completely destroyed her internal organs and she died a very painful
death.
"There are so many questions we can raise over the police
action in this case? Why was the accused not arrested? Why was the
Prevention of Atrocities Act not applied in this case?
"With
parents of 14 year old victim. V poor n inconsolable. How many Nirbhayas
does Delhi want? We all simply wait for next Nirbhaya to die."
The name Nirbhaya refers to the 2012 gang rape of 23-year-old physiotherapy student Jyoti Singh who was beaten, gang raped and tortured in a private bus in which she was traveling with her friend, Awindra Pratap Pandey.
She
was later named Nirbhaya, meaning "fearless" and her life and death
have come to symbolise women's struggle to end rape in India.
The girl's uncle told The Indian Express
: "For two months she suffered everyday. She was forced to drink an
acid-like substance after which she could not eat anything.
"Drinking water was also painful. She would vomit blood."
The girl's family claim four other people are responsible for the torture and rape of the teen.
14 year old Indian girl, tortured, raped and force-fed acid which destroyed her organs
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