Daijiworld Media Network - Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad, Apr 27: A 20-year-old college student, who was brutally gang-raped by four men while returning from Chaibasa to Jorapokhar with her boyfriend by motorcycle in July last year, died of medical complications on Thursday.

As per PTI report, two of the accused, Ankit Parekh (24) and Chirag Vaghela (23), were arrested on Friday following the incident.

It is reported that the woman was adopted by a family when she was an infant. She was allegedly raped by four men in July 2018 but she could not tell her family about the incident until last month because of fear and trauma.

She told her family about the incident and they approached the police last month.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Akshayraj Makwana said, "The woman took some pills to terminate the unwanted pregnancy and as a result she gave birth to a stillborn child and fell ill. She died at a hospital yesterday due to health complications."

“From the woman's statement, we first identified Hardik Shukla as one of the accused. Chirag Vaghela and Ankit Parekh were identified and arrested on Friday. Shukla and 'Raj' were yet to be traced.” Makwana said.

“We raided several places across the state while hunting for Shukla but he remained elusive, we have also collected his parents' DNA samples to check if he was involved in the crime,” said DCP.