Assam woman dies after being raped

November 25, 2013 06:03 pm | Updated May 26, 2016 09:46 am IST - Lakhimpur

Four men raped a woman inside a tempo, gouged out her eyes and beat her before throwing the victim out of the vehicle leading to her death in upper Assam’s Lakhimpur district, sparking outrage from locals.

The incident took place on Friday when the woman had boarded a shared tempo to pick up her daughter from school at Boginadi area, about 14 km from Lakhimpur, police sources said.

The woman was raped by the four men inside the tempo before they gouged out her eyes, injured her on the head and neck, they said.

The locals saw the accused throwing the injured woman out of the tempo, about 50 metres away from Boginadi police station on the national highway following which they informed the police, who admitted her to a local hospital.

The woman was later taken to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital, where she succumbed to her wounds on Sunday.

Women’s organisations and locals blocked the National Highway 52 on Monday with her body and condemned the incident, demanding justice for the woman and arrest of the culprits.

Meanwhile, police have picked up two persons for questioning in this connection.

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