Amid outrage in the country over the gangrape
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.
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.