Sources said that the family of the accused, however, had refused to accept the woman as she belonged to a lower caste. This made the woman file a rape case against her 'husband'. Lawyer S. N. Maurya, who represented the victim in the rape case, said that Shivam was threatening the woman to withdraw the case and was forcing for a compromise.
The woman was set on fire by four men, including the rape accused, when she was on her way to the court in Rae Bareli on Thursday morning.
She sustained more than 90 per cent injuries and was rushed to a government hospital and then shifted to the civil hospital in Lucknow. She was later airlifted to Delhi's Safdarjung hospital where she succumbed to injuries on Friday night.