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{{short description|Gang rape incident in India}}
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| location = [[Balrampur]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], India
| date = {{start date|df=yes|2020|09|29}}
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| type = [[Rape]] & [[Physical assault]]<ref name="WireBalrampur">{{cite news|date=1 October 2020|title=UP: After Hathras, Another Dalit Woman Raped in Balrampur|work= The Wire|url=https://thewire.in/caste/uttar-pradesh-balrampur-rape-case-dalit-woman-dies|access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
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| accused = Shahid and Sahil<ref name=BusinessStandard-01Oct20>{{cite news|date=1 October 2020|title=Uttar Pradesh horror: Dalit woman gang-raped by two in Balrampur, dies|work= Business-Standard|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/uttar-pradesh-horror-dalit-woman-gang-raped-by-two-in-balrampur-dies-120100100057_1.html|access-date=9 October 2020}}</ref>
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On 29 September 2020, a 22-year-old Dalit college girl was gang-raped and assaulted in Balrampur, [[Uttar Pradesh]] and she died on way to the hospital.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/01/asia/india-gang-rape-dalit-balrampur-intl-hnk/index.html | title=A second Dalit woman has died after alleged gang rape, sparking outrage and protests across India | publisher=CNN | work=Jessie Yeung and Esha Mitra | date=1 October 2020 | access-date=7 October 2020}}</ref> As per her family, she was abducted on her way back home and raped by at least two men, Shahid and Sahil. Postmortem report suggests she was badly tortured even after rape.<ref name=BusinessStandard-01Oct20/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanyal |first1=Anindita |last2=Pandey |first2= Alok |last3=Khan |first3=Kamal |title=Amid Hathras Outrage, UP 22-Year-Old Drugged, Allegedly Gang Raped, Dies |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/another-hathras-up-college-student-drugged-gang-raped-dies-of-injuries-2303544 |date=1 October 2020|work=NDTV |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Ghosh|first=Raya|title=Hathras, Balrampur gangrapes: Alia Bhatt to Anushka Sharma, Bollywood reactions|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/hathras-balrampur-gangrapes-alia-bhatt-to-anushka-sharma-bollywood-reactions-1727284-2020-10-01|access-date=1 October 2020|work=India Today|language=en}}</ref> The postmortem report said there were at least ten antemortem injuries on her body eight contusion wounds on her cheek, chest, elbows, left thigh and two abrasions on her left leg and knee.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2 October 2020|title=Balrampur victim had 10 injuries on body: postmortem report|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/balrampur-victim-had-10-injuries-on-body-postmortem-report-6664167/|access-date=2 October 2020|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> The two main accused have been arrested by the UP police, and the [[Uttar Pradesh]] government has offered financial assistance to the victim's family.<ref name="WireBalrampur"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-54351157 | title=Balrampur: Anger grows after new India 'gang rape' death | work=BBC News | access-date=7 October 2020}}</ref>

==Incident and arrests==
The incident took place on the evening of Tuesday, 29 September, when the victim, a second year B Com student, was returning home.<ref name=BusinessStandard-01Oct20/> Her mother told reporters that the woman went to get her admission at 10 am, and on her way back, few men forcibly put her in their car, injected her with sedatives and raped her. They broke her legs and sent her back in a rickshaw.<ref name="WireBalrampur"/>

The girl returned home in a serious condition, prompting her parents to rush her to a nearby hospital, but she died on the way, and the matter was reported to the police from the hospital. According to the Balrampur [[Superintendent of Police]] Dev Ranjan Verma, "the police acted upon the parent's complaint, and identified the accused as Shahid and Sahil and arrested them".<ref name=BusinessStandard-01Oct20/>

==Cremation==
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The woman was cremated on the night of Wednesday, 30 September in the presence of her family members and UP Police.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=1 October 2020|title=Two held on charge of rape and murder of woman in U.P.'s Balrampur|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/after-hathras-another-gang-rape-victim-dies-in-ups-balrampur/article32739527.ece|access-date=2 October 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/balrampur-rape-murder-trial-in-fast-track-court/articleshow/78483181.cms | title=Balrampur rape-murder trial in fast-track court | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=5 October 2020 | access-date=7 October 2020}}</ref>

== See also ==
[[2020 Hathras gang rape and murder]]

== References ==
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[[Category:2020 crimes in India]]
[[Category:Gang rape in India]]
[[Category:Incidents of violence against women]]
[[Category:Balrampur]]
[[Category:Crime in Uttar Pradesh]]

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