UP: Dalit Girl Thrown into Hot Oil for Protesting Molestation

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The victim is undergoing treatment at a hospital in the national capital and the police have arrested three persons.

Team Clarion

NEW DELHI – A Dalit girl working in a factory in Binauli, a small town in Baghpat district in Uttar Pradesh, was allegedly thrown into a hot cauldron for resisting molestation attempts by three individuals.

The girl, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, worked at the factory owned by Pramod. Her brother has recently filed a complaint at Binauli police station stating that, factory owner Pramod and Raju, and Sandeep molested and misbehaved with his sister while she was working at the cauldron.

When the girl protested, the three threw her into the hot cauldron, using “casteist words” against her, before fleeing the scene, the brother’s complaint said, cited by media reports reaching here on Monday.

The victim, now undergoing treatment at GTB Hospital in the national capital, suffered serious burn injuries.

Inspector M.P. Singh from Binauli police station said that on the complaint of her brother, police have registered a case against accused under sections 354, 504, and 307 of the IPC, along with the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

“All three accused have been arrested, and further action is being taken in the matter,” he was quoted as saying.

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