The Unnao rape victim who was burnt by five men on Thursday walked for over one kilometre after the crime and sought help from a person. Villagers in Sindupur, where she was burnt, told that she walked up to a person who was working outside a house and sought help. The victim then herself called 112 and informed the police about the incident. The PRV and ambulance arrived only after the victim's call.
The victim has also given her statement to the magistrate. In her statement, the Unnao rape victim named five persons who burnt her. According to the victim's statement, the Unnao rape victim said she was beaten up by the five men who then stabbed her and burned her alive.
The incident occurred at Sindupur village under Bihar police station area. After the police reached the spot, the victim was shifted to a government hospital in Lucknow and is in a critical condition, the police said. Out of the five persons that the Unnao rape survivor has named, two have been arrested.
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The woman was allegedly raped in March and the accused had later been granted bail, the police said. The woman was on her way to a court in Rae Bareli for a hearing in the rape case when she was attacked early Thursday. In March, the woman had filed a complaint against two men accusing them of raping her and also filming the act.
Meanwhile, the woman's family members have reached the civil hospital where the victim has been admitted. She was first admitted to a local hospital and later referred to a civil hospital in Lucknow where she has been admitted in a plastic surgery burn unit. The victim was admitted with 90 per cent burns, the doctors said.