Siraha, April 21 -- month fight in search of justice over a sexual assault, 24-year-old Anandi Devi Sadaya of the Musahar community from ward 3 of Nawarajpur Rural Municipality was found dead by apparent suicide on Tuesday, April 15, at around 3pm.

The events leading up to her death reveal alarming misconduct and negligence that challenge the very essence of the rule of law, rights activists say.

At around 11 am on December 24, Anandi Devi had set out to visit her sister at Nargi in ward 1 of Bariyarpatti Rural Municipality in the district. On the way, she was allegedly dragged into a mango grove near the village pond by two local Yadav men-a 32-year-old and 22-year-old-who tried to gang rape her. She somehow escaped and returned home i...