SRINAGAR, May 5 -- The Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested four persons for sexually assaulting a woman in her early 40s who was herding her cattle in Srinagar outskirts on Sunday. The woman died of the grievous injuries she suffered during the assault.

Police said that the nomadic woman was herding her cattle when four inebriated local men sexually assaulted her in Nishat in Srinagar outskirts.

"Srinagar Police has taken cognisance of a reported incident of sexual assault of a woman near Water Works Road, Nishat, who sustained grievous injuries and was later declared brought dead at the hospital," the police said in a statement.

The victim had sustained grievous injuries and was shifted to the hospital, where she was declared dead,...