Madhya Pradesh: In yet another incident of violence against women in India, a Muslim girl, a physiotherapist by profession, was molested and beaten up in the middle of a street by some men in the Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh, Free Press Journal reported. The harrowing incident took place when the girl was returning home after duty on Friday evening, drawing massive outrage from locals and government officials from the Muslim community.
As per the report, the police detained the two men involved in the attack; however, a video shared by the Madhya Pradesh Congress on Twitter showed the victim alleging five people attacked her. She also claimed that one of the assaulters told her that “police is in my pocket”, while his mother was also involved in the matter.
A large number of locals, including Noori Khan — a female member of the MP Congress and the state’s minorities rights body — gheraoed a police station on Saturday.
They submitted a memorandum to the SP demanding strict action against the accused and demolition of their houses. Meanwhile, the victim, who is hospitalised for her injuries sustained in the attack, said that a man named Hitesh Badwaya waylaid her and pulled her dupatta, according to the report. –Agencies
