Hathras case: the woman had been assaulted by four upper caste men from her village on 14 September.
Hathras:
The young woman from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, who died days after being gang-raped and tortured, was strangled, abused and suffered a cervical spine injury, according to the autopsy report. The “final diagnosis” does not mention rape, but the report refers to tears in her private parts.
The woman died of “a cervical spine injury from indirect blunt trauma,” says the report accessed from the Delhi hospital where the 20-year-old died on Tuesday. She mentions that there was an attempt to strangle her with her dupatta but adds that it was not that which caused her death.
The woman had been assaulted by four upper caste men from her village on September 14. Her family found her in the field, naked, bleeding, with multiple fractures and a cut on her tongue.
Police claimed that her tongue was cut off because she bit it while her attackers were trying to strangle her.
The autopsy report refers to “rape and strangulation” in her medical history and says she had sustained a cervical spine injury.
The “final diagnosis” reads: “Presumed post-strangulation with cervical spine injury with sepsis with cardiopulmonary arrest.”
The injury to her neck had left her paralyzed and having difficulty breathing, according to her family.
Doctors say forensic reports of the woman’s viscera will confirm the rape.
In his death summary, the autopsy report says: “The poor prognosis and condition of the patient was explained to the assistant (family). The patient’s condition gradually deteriorated despite adequate treatment.
She was given cardiopulmonary resuscitation and, “despite all resuscitation efforts,” she was pronounced dead at 8:55 a.m. Tuesday.
Outrage over the incident rose after the UP police took the woman’s body and cremated it near her village in the dead of night against her family’s wishes, with her parents and siblings locked up. in his house.
The family had begged to be allowed to take her body and perform the last rites the next morning, but they were unable to even take a last look before her cremation.
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