MEERUT, Feb. 1 -- A 16-year-old gang-rape survivor, died while undergoing treatment at Meerut Medical College on Friday evening, police said. She had been on ventilator support for four days following the sexual assault in the Bahsuma police station area of Meerut.

According to the complaint filed by the victim's brother, the accused, Anuj Saini, lured his sister and, along with two accomplices, allegedly gang-raped her. He further alleged that Saini's mother, Mundri Devi, forced the girl to consume poison after the incident, said police.

However, senior superintendent of police (SSP) Vipin Tada, stated that after the incident, an argument broke out between the two families, following which the girl allegedly consumed a poisonous substa...