12-year-old beaten up for opposing eve-teasing

, Jun 18: A 12-year-old boy was allegedly beaten up when he opposed three youths who were eve- teasing his sister-in-law here.

Police have registered a case against the three unidentified accused after the incident sparked protest. The incident took place near Lisadh village when Anis Ahmad and his sister-in-law were travelling in a bus. The three youths, who were sitting in the bus, started passing lewd comments against the woman.

When the boy opposed them, he was assaulted by the accused. Irate locals blocked the road at Ramchal Chowk to protest the incident. Meanwhile, police have registered a case against a police inspector for allegedly harassing a woman police constable.

SP city Sarvankumar said that a case was registered against Ranvir Tomor with civil line police station and an inquiry is on. The inspector has been shifted from control room to another place. The woman costable had accused the inspector of misbehaving with her.

PTI