India, Nov. 8 -- A 16-year-old Dalit girl, who was gang-raped and brutally assaulted in Uttar Pradesh's Firozabad district on November 1, died on Friday at a hospital in Agra after battling for her life for nearly a week.

The teenager was reportedly found in a semi-conscious state in a field and was subsequently taken to hospital for treatment. She had sustained critical injuries.

According to the postmortem report, the girl had suffered sexual assault, a broken neck, a crushed jaw and fractures in her limbs.

She succumbed to her injuries on Friday, bringing an end to nearly a week-long battle for survival.

With input from media reports.

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