India outrage after gang rape victim assaulted again 'by same men'

Members of the Dalit community have protested against the assault on the woman

There has been outrage in India after a student was allegedly gang-raped by five men who had also raped her three years ago. 

Police are yet to make any arrests although the 21-year-old was attacked last week in Rohtak town in the northern state of Haryana. She had been pursuing a case in court against the five men, when she was attacked on Wednesday.


The woman said she was forced inside a car and the men tried to strangle her. She was seriously injured and left for dead in the bushes. A passerby saw her and took her to the hospital.

'Very afraid'

The woman was first assaulted in 2013 in Bhiwani town. Her family has alleged that they had moved to Rohtak after they were threatened by the accused who have been out on bail.

"I was leaving the college when I saw them. They were the same five men. I was very afraid. They forced me inside the car. They tried to strangulate me.

 They said they would kill my father and brother," the woman, who is from a poor low-caste Dalit (formerly known as untouchables) family, told a television channel. "I have no idea where they took me. My attackers were the same five men," she said.