Teenaged Dalit sexually harassed in Bareilly

Bareilly | Tuesday | 17th July, 2018

Summary:

Bareilly: A Dalit teenaged girl was allegedly sexually harassed by three miscreants on Tuesday morning. According to the police, the 18-year-old was out to relieve herself in the fields when she was targeted.Officials said that the accused also hit the girl on her private parts and tore her clothes when she tried to raise an alarm. They later fled from the spot.SHO of Rajpur police station, inspector Varun Kumar, said that on the basis of the complaint filed by the father of the teenager, an FIR under IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt), apart from sections of the SC/SC Act, was registered against the accused..