A 45-year-old Dalit woman died on Monday, a day after she was allegedly thrashed by two men angered by her refusal to convince her son to withdraw an old case registered against them by the police under the Atrocities Act in Bhavnagar city of Gujarat, an officer said.

Gitaben Maru was allegedly brutally thrashed with steel pipes by the duo joined by two accomplices near her house on Sunday evening. She succumbed to her injuries on Monday morning, said Deputy Superintendent of Police RR Singhal.