The 23-year-old Unnao rape victim who was airlifted to Delhi and admitted to Safdarjung Hospital with 90 per cent burns after being set on fire has died, hospital sources said. After battling for life for almost 40 hours, the woman died following a cardiac arrest at 11.40 pm on Friday night, they said. 'Despite our best efforts, she did not survive,' said Dr Shalab Kumar, Head of Burns and Plastic Surgery Department at the hospital.

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