T'gana: Tribal woman 'raped', dies

Hyderabad, Oct 12 (PTI) A 33-year-old tribal woman, who was allegedly raped and found lying unconscious with a head injury in Medak district of Telangana, died, police said on Sunday.

The victim, a daily-wage labourer had left her home for labour work on Friday. Some residents alerted the police after noticing her lying unconcious under a tree in Kulcharam mandal on Saturday morning.

The woman, mother of five, was initially taken to a local hospital and subsequently referred to another hospital in Hyderabad but died on the way on Saturday night, a police official said.

Based on the complaint filed by the woman's husband, a rape and attempt to murder case was initially registered, which was now altered to murder after the woman's death, the official said.

On reports that she was gang-raped, he said they were further investigating and examining CCTV footage. PTI VVK VVK ROH