Speech impaired rape victim found dead; 2 arrested
Ghaziabad, Aug. 22 -- A 23-year-old hearing and speech-impaired Dalit woman, who was allegedly gang raped in Loni after stepping out of her house on August 18 evening, was found dead at her house early Thursday, police said, adding they have not recovered any suicide note. Later on Thursday, the police arrested two suspects for allegedly raping the woman following an exchange of fire.
The victim's family told police about her death at 6am, said officers, adding they added provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act to the FIR.
"We found her dead in one of the rooms around 6am. We called police emergency number 112," the father said."The autopsy report states that it was ante-mortem hanging, suggesting a suicide," said DCP (rural zone) Surendra Nath Tiwary. Police said that the arrested suspects were identified as Rohit Kumar, 31, and Vir Singh, alias Bhola, 53, both residents of Nithora village. They were arrested near Nithora late Thursday evening and sustained a bullet injury to their legs after police opened retaliatory fire. "The two men accepted their involvement in the gang rape of the 23-year-old woman," said DCP Tiwary. htc...
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