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Unnao, Lucknow: A mob gathered in the evening and torched the thatched brick house of a gang rape survivor inUnnao, Uttar Pradesh while the villagers stood watching silently..
The mob then moved to beating up the 14-year-old survivor and her mother with sticks, all the while threatening them to withdraw the gang rape case..
And this is thelatest in along list of hard battles that the teenagerhashad to fight from being gang raped at the age of 13, giving birth to a son, seeing her rapists roam free on bail,and then her house set on fire for not withdrawing the case.She has single-handedly fought Indias broken criminal prosecution system, brazen impunity and apathy..
Unnao has been in turmoil since the sensational 2017 gang rape case of a 17-year-old and the death of her father in judicial custody that led to the conviction of former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar.Butthis other gang rape case, whichwas languishing unattendedforlong,onlydrew attention after the mob attacked the family and threw the two infants into flames...
With the villagers stacking up behind the two arrested men, the minor teen really had nowhere to turn.. 11-year-old gang rape survivor gives birth to baby in Unnao were the headlines that followed in September..
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