Hamirpur (HP), Nov 8 (PTI) Five days after a 40-year-old married woman was grievously injured while resisting a rape attempt by a 14-year-old boy, she died at a hospital here, while the accused has been apprehended, police said on Saturday.

The incident took place on November 3 in a village here, following which she was taken to the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGI), Chandigarh.

According to police, the woman was cutting grass in a nearby field when the boy, a student of Class 9, forcibly grabbed her and tried to sexually assault her.

When the woman resisted, he brutally attacked her with a stick and a sickle, seriously injuring her, they added.

The villagers then spotted her lying in the field, bleeding profusely, after which they informed police, who rus

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