UP: Amid the widespread outrage over the alleged gang-rape and murder of a Dalit teen from Hathras in Uttar Pradesh, an yet another scheduled caste woman died in Balrampur district of the state while being rushed to a hospital after her rape by two youths.
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.
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The young woman in Balrampur had died while being taken to a hospital in Lucknow. The police, meanwhile, have reportedly 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 reportedly spoken officially on whether rape has been confirmed by a medical examination.
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