Inter-faith couple attacked, FIR against 25 men

Varanasi | Thursday | 7th February, 2019

Summary:

After their objection, the couple had started living together in a rented accommodation in the village.On Monday, the couple left the village together for an unknown destination. The attack was filmed by a passerby, who uploaded the video on social media.On Wednesday, Rajesh filed a complaint with Domariaganj Police against 25 unidentified people for the attack. However, their families were not ready to accept the relationship as the girl was a Muslim while Rajesh belonged to a Scheduled Caste (SC). The accused finally released the couple after some residents intervened. On Tuesday morning when they got down from a bus at Baidoula crossing, a mob passed lewd comments and assaulted them without any provocation..