(CNN) A second teenage girl is reported to have been raped and set on fire in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, just days after a 16-year-old was similarly attacked in the same state.

It is the latest in a series of brutal crimes against women across India in recent months that have sparked outrage and large protests nationwide.

In response to earlier incidents, thousands of people took to the streets across the country in late April, in some of the largest demonstrations seen in India since the highly publicized rape and murder of a female collage student in Delhi in 2012.

The latest victim, a 17-year-old girl, was being treated in a local hospital Monday afternoon after suffering burns to 70% of her body, according to Shailendra Prasad Barnwal, superintendent of police in Jharkhand's Pakur district.

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