Muzaffarnagar riot victims attacked for saying no to harassment

Two muzaffarnagar riot victims on Saturday were attacked by the two youths after victims objected to sexual harassment

Muzaffarnagar, Mar 18: Six Muzaffarnagar riot victims, two of them women, suffered injuries after they objected to the alleged sexual harassment of some girls by a group of youths who pelted stones at them at Palda village in the district. The police said o a complaint has been lodged against a dozen people.

Two of them have been identified as Gulab and Naeem, who are currently absconding. According to the complaint lodged by one Iqbal, the youths were harassing some girls at Palda village where the victims of the riots had been rehabilitated in 2013.

When they raised objections to the youths, they were pelted with stones and suffered injuries. The injured persons, including two women, were shifted to hospital.

PTI