Aruna Shanbaug, who became the face of a debate on euthanasia after
being in a vegetative state for more than four decades following her
brutal rape in 1973, died in Mumbai’s KEM Hospital on Monday after a
bout of pneumonia.
According to the Hindustan Times, Shanbaug was a staff nurse at the KEM Hospital when she was attacked by sweeper Sohanlal Bharta Valmiki on the evening of November 27,1973. To immobilise her, he wrapped a dog chain around Shanbaug’s neck and yanked her back with it. Valmiki tried to rape her but sodomised her after finding that she was menstruating.
According to the Hindustan Times, Shanbaug was a staff nurse at the KEM Hospital when she was attacked by sweeper Sohanlal Bharta Valmiki on the evening of November 27,1973. To immobilise her, he wrapped a dog chain around Shanbaug’s neck and yanked her back with it. Valmiki tried to rape her but sodomised her after finding that she was menstruating.
