Woman hurt by Unnao rape case poured petrol on her niece

Share this post on:

New Delhi, December 07: After the death of the Unnao rape victim, there is a sense of grief and anger among the people. During the post-mortem of the victim at Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi on Saturday, people from several areas of Delhi have arrived to protest outside the hospital. During the protest at the hospital, a woman who accompanied her niece has allegedly poured petrol on her by demanding the hanging of the accused. The woman was about to set the 8-year-old girl on fire, but before that she was stopped by policemen. The policemen admitted the girl to the hospital.

Currently, the police has detained the woman and is questioning her. However, preliminary investigation has revealed that the woman is mentally deranged.

Police officials said 40-year-old Aarti lives with her brother in Madanpur Khadar area. On Saturday morning, she had heard the news of the death of Unnav rape victim on TV. She then rushed to Safdarjung Hospital by bus to protest against the accused with her niece where she joined the demonstration with the people. In the meanwhile,  seeing the body of the rape victim, she became furious and she poured a bottle of petrol, she had brought with her, over his niece. Before she set the girl on fire, policemen standing by to stop the protesters, reacted quickly and nabbed her. As soon as the policemen has caught  the woman, she started saying in a loud voice that today women are not safe in the country.

The victim told the police during an investigation that she loves her niece dearly so she was scared to see the growing incidents of rape and wanted to kill her before something could happen to her niece too.