The victim's brother has confirmed the death to the Media. At the same time, Hathras police say that four suspects have been arrested and sent to jail in this case.
The victim girl was brought from Aligarh Muslim University Medical College to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi on Monday. She has been fighting to the death for the past two weeks.
The victim's family alleges that the gang-rape took place on September 14 when the girl went to mow the lawn with her mother and brother.
"My sister, mother and elder brother went to mow the lawn," said the victim's brother. Brother came home with hay. Mom was cutting grass in the front, she was in the back. He was dragged and gang-raped. She was found unconscious by my mother.
According to the family, the victim was taken to the local community health center in a state of unconsciousness from where she was referred to Aligarh Medical College.
She was on a ventilator in the medical college for 13 days and then on Monday she was taken to Safdarjung Hospital where she died at around 3 am.
The girl's brother told the Media: "Her tongue was cut out, her spine was broken, part of her body was not working. She was unable to speak. She was somehow gesturing. '
Four upper caste people of the same village are accused of gang rape. Police have arrested all four.
"All four suspects have been arrested and sent to jail," Hathras SP Vikrant Veer told the Media. We will demand a fast track hearing from the court. The family of the victim has been provided security in the village.
The Hathras District Magistrate also tweeted assuring all possible help.
He tweeted, “In the case of Chandpa police station, the families of the victims were earlier given financial assistance of Rs. 4,12,500. Today, assistance of Rs. 5 lakh 87 thousand 500 is being provided. Thus, a total financial assistance of Rs. 1 million has been provided.
The victim's brother said that initially the police did not take the matter seriously and that no arrests were made till ten days after the incident.
He said the rape charge was also included when "my sister gave a statement to the circle officer and gestured about the brutality that befell her."
Police initially registered a case of attempted murder and only one suspect was named.
Survivors say the victim was unconscious and did not know what had happened to her.
The victim's brother said, "My mother and brother reached the police station in a bad mood. They complained as they understood at the time. But the police did not take any action for ten days.
Accusing the police of negligence, the SP said, "The case was initially registered on the statement given by the family. When the girl's statement was taken during the interrogation, gang rape was revealed and she was included.
Has the medical report confirmed gang rape? To this question, the SP said that this information could not be shared yet.
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