I'm not sure blaming it on India and calling it a shit hole gets to the real issue here. India has a lot to offer culturally and there are ways to experience it in an enjoyable way, even for white women like our subject.
India is a conservative society period. Way more conservative than many other similar countries. The fact that she is a western woman didn't get her raped. The fact that she didn't have common sense and male companionship did. Add on top her open and slutty liberal demeanor as well as bad company and she got killed. Indian women that remotely exhibit any of these traits are also at similar risk hanging with similar company. You make yourself stand out flaunting yourself in such a society, there are consequences.
I'm from India, although if I went back today, I'd be sized up and labelled an outsider immediately. That said, I know there are shit holes in India and good places. It's NOT hard to know the difference.
When I was there a few years ago, I knew some fairly attractive white women in the New Delhi area that didn't do dumb shit so they didn't get killed. It also wasn't a shithole there. They knew better because they were in good company.
It seems also that she hung out with the creepiest IRTs possible. I bet the smooth criminal saw this shit and said "oh look a fresh, dumb one." The rest, unfortunately didn't end well. Reason I bring this up is that I know that India is not just full of these creepy dudes. There are more self respecting men there that if she was in their company, would have been fine. For example, when the white girls were with me, the IRTs wouldn't even try to come close.
This chick went dumpster diving. Similar to a 9 with DDs walking into the South side or Baltimore's ghetto after midnight. I wouldn't call all of US a shithole for that though.