Woman Dalit pradhan in U.P. ‘insulted’ by locals during video meet with officials; one arrested
The Hindu
According to the FIR, some people allegedly asked her to get off the chair, grabbed her hand inappropriately and used casteist slurs against her.
A newly-elected woman Dalit gram pradhan in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba has alleged that some people asked her to get off the chair, grabbed her hand inappropriately and used casteist slurs against her while she was attending a virtual meeting in the village panchayat bhavan with senior district officials. Following a police complaint lodged by her husband, an FIR was lodged against four persons and six unidentified others on charges of assault with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman, criminal intimidation and other relevant clauses of the Indian Penal Code. The accused were also slapped with several charges under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, including the crime of intentionally touching a woman belonging to a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe when such act of touching is of a sexual nature and is without consent.More Related News
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