Indian rape victim dies weeks after assault triggering protests

Bilkis 'Dadi' (centre), grandmother of Shaheen Bagh, a protest site for a new citizenship law, holds a placard during her felicitation by members of various women's groups after she was recognised as one of the 100 most influential people of 2020, in New Delhi on Tuesday (Sept 29, 2020). - AFP

LUCKNOW, India, Sept 29 (Reuters): A woman from the lowest rung of India's caste system died in hospital on Tuesday weeks after authorities said she was raped by a group of men, triggering protests and opposition criticism over what it said was a failure to protect women.

Her case was the latest in a string of gruesome crimes against women in India that have given it the dismal reputation of being one of the worst places in the world to be female.