[ZESTCaste] Youths try to gangrape Dalit woman, beat villagers

[Siddhartha Kumar]

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Youths try to gangrape Dalit woman, beat villagers

STAFF WRITER 14:29 HRS IST
Muzaffarnagar, Mar 11 (PTI) Six persons allegedly attempted to
gangrape a Dalit woman worker and beat some of the victim's colleagues
when they tried to stop them at Charthawal village in the district.

Some persons came to a sugar crushing unit, where the victim was
working and tried to rape her yesterday. They were opposed by the
woman's colleagues during which two workers were injured, police said.

A case has been registered against six persons and further
investigations are on.

A 30-year-old woman was allegedly raped by a youth at pistol point at
Shivnagar in the district here, police said today.

The incident occurred last night when the victim was alone in her
house, they said, adding no arrests have been made so far.

Meanwhile, 30-year-old Suman, wife of Rajesh Kumar, today allegedly
committed suicide by consuming poison in Sojhani village of the
district. She was upset over a family dispute.