India, Aug. 22 -- Ghaziabad A 23-year-old hearing and speech-impaired Dalit woman, who was allegedly gang-raped by an unidentified man in Loni when she stepped out of her house on August 18 evening, died by suicide at her house early Thursday, police said, adding they have not recovered any suicide note. Later in the evening, they arrested two men in connection with the incident.

Her family informed police about her death at 6am on Thursday, said officers, adding that following her father's statements, police are treating the case as of gang rape, and have also added provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

Police registered a first information report (FIR) under the BNS section 64(2)(k) for ...