Amid Hathras Outrage, UP 22-Year-Old Drugged, Allegedly Gang Raped, Dies

Thursday, 1 October 2020Newsdesk

Amid outrage in the country over the gang rape and death of a young woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, another similar case has been reported from the state. A little more than 500 km from Hathras, a 22-year-old Dalit woman died after being allegedly raped and assaulted on Tuesday evening, when the attention of the country was focused on the events in Delhi as the police tried to take away the Hathras woman's body from Safdarjung hospital.

New Delhi, 01 October 2020

As per news report of NDTV, the young woman in Balrampur had died while being taken to a hospital in Lucknow. The police, meanwhile, have said that two accused in the case have been arrested, but also claimed that the post-mortem has not revealed injuries to the woman. The police has not spoken officially on whether rape has been confirmed by a medical examination. The woman's mother said she was abducted in the morning while on way to secure a college admission. When she failed to return in time, the family launched a search for the woman.

Source -NDTV