India, May 21 -- A 19-year-old woman died by suicide in Nuh after allegedly being gang-raped by five suspects and blackmailed with a video of the assault, police said on Wednesday.

The woman allegedly consumed poison on Tuesday evening, 16 hours after the incident took place. She was initially alive when she was rushed to the hospital, where she gave a statement to the police about the gang-rape.

However, she died while being shifted in an ambulance to another hospital after doctors referred her to a higher centre due to her condition, police said.

According to the version narrated to senior police officials, the woman alleged that the incident took place at 1am on Tuesday when the woman was alone in the house while her mother was asle...