ATTACKS: Woman dies after being strangled during sex assault in Punjab

Indian members of NGO ‘Aastha’ hold placards during a protest in Mumbai on December 27, 2012, for better safety for women following the rape of a student in the Indian capital. Protests across India over the last week against sex crimes have denounced the police and government, with the largest in New Delhi at the weekend prompting officers to cordon off areas around government buildings. (Punit Paranjpe/AFP/Getty Images)

A middle-aged woman who allegedly faced an attempted rape in Punjab’s Nawanshahr district has died due to injuries received during the assault, police said Friday.

The victim was seriously injured Wednesday when her neighbour in Chak Bilga village in Nawanshahr district, Kamaljit Singh, allegedly attempted to rape her.

As she resisted, the accused strangulated her. She was taken to a government hospital in Banga town in a critical condition and succumbed to her injuries in hospital Friday, police sources said.

Police have booked Kamajit for murder but not registered a case of attempt to rape.

Nawanshahr town is 80 km from here.

In another case in Fatehgarh Sahib district, 60 km from here, a 14-year-old girl alleged that she was raped by a truck driver.

Police arrested the truck driver, Kaka Singh, following a complaint by the victim.

Another incident of a middle-aged, mentally-challenged woman being raped by a father-son duo has come to light in Nawanshahr district. The victim was being violated for nearly four years by the duo, a relative told police in his complaint.

Police have registered a case at Rahon police station.

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