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Justice demanded after Dalit woman's death

Yet another rape case is causing fault lines to open up across India - a Dalit woman from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh died after two weeks in hospital. Before she got there she was filmed, twice, telling police she鈥檇 been raped and naming one of her attackers: a neighbour from a higher caste. She had difficulty speaking because her tongue was damaged.

Five of the local policemen investigating have since been suspended and the case handed over the Central Bureau of Investigation.

But Dalit groups say they fear it will do little to change things, in a country where the rape of Dalit women is a daily occurrence. Beena Pallical is from the National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights.

"We have seen several cases that have been handed to the Central Bureau of Investigation and they have not reached anywhere. The perpetrators have gone free and there's a high level of impunity which will continue."

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