As the nation protests and awaits justice for the 19-year-old Dalit woman from Hathras, another Dalit woman was allegedly brutally gangraped and killed in Balrampur in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday.
A 22-year-old Dalit college student was raped and brutalised in the Gaisari village of Balrampur.
On Tuesday, the second-year B.Com student had gone to a college in a nearby town to pay her fees. According to the family, she worked in a private firm.
The family claimed that the woman was abducted on her way back home and she was raped by atleast 2 men.
ACCUSED SEND UNCONSCIOUS VICTIM BACK HOME IN A RICKSHAW
She reportedly came home in a rickshaw in an unconscious state and had her legs and spine broken. The girl looked dazed and in a serious condition, prompting her parents to rush her to a nearby hospital, but she died on the way.
The family has also alleged that the woman was lethally injected before she was raped.
Narrating the incident, Balrampur Superintendent of Police Dev Ranjan Verma said, “The family said that the woman did not reach home on time on Tuesday. They tried to contact her but could not get in touch. After some time she came home in a rickshaw with a glucose drip attached to her arm and she was in a bad state. The relatives took her to a hospital but she died on the way.”
I WON’T SURVIVE: VICTIM’S LAST WORDS
According to the mother of the victim, she was unable to speak when she came back home and could only manage to utter the words, “I am in a lot of pain, I won’t survive.”
“She had gone to get her admission done at 10 in the morning. We have the receipts. On her way back 3-4men forcibly put her in their car, injected her and raped her. They [accused] broke her back and her legs and sent her back in a rickshaw. She had no strength left to even walk,” the mother told media as she wept.
ACCUSED ARRESTED, POLICE DENIES LEGS BROKEN CLAIM
Based on a complaint filed by the victim’s brother, the Balrampur police registered a case and arrested two accused Shahid and Sahil on charges of gangrape and murder.
The police also said that the victim was raped in the back room of a grocery store in the Gaisari village. The victim’s sandals were found outside the room and the owner of the grocery store is the alleged mastermind of the crime.
However, police has denied that the victim’s legs or spine were broken.
“Taking quick action in the case, both accused in the case have been arrested. However, the reports of legs and back being broken have not been confirmed by the post-mortem report,” the police said.
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