After Hathras, another gangrape victim dies in Balrampur

Balrampur:  A 22-year-old Dalit woman died after allegedly being raped by two men in Uttar Pradesh’s Balrampur district, succumbing to critical injuries on the same day as the teen from Hathras in the state who breathed her last in a Delhi hospital two weeks after she was assaulted.
Both the women died on Tuesday and were cremated on Wednesday.
The two men accused of assaulting the woman from Balrampur have been arrested, police said amid outrage over the death of the 19-year-old Dalit woman from Hathras.
The Balrampur victim’s mother told reporters on Wednesday night that the rapists broke her daughter’s legs and back, a charge denied by the police.
“ My daughter had gone to take admission in a college on Tuesday. On her way back, three-four persons abducted her, took her to their room, gave her an injection, and raped her. They later sent her back on an e-rickshaw, which dumped her outside our house. They broke her legs and back. She could not stand or talk ,” the woman said.
Quoting the victim’s family members, Balrampur Superintendent of Police (SP) Dev Ranjan Verma said the woman worked in a private firm and returned home on Tuesday in a serious condition.