Assam horror: Pregnant woman, sisters stripped, tortured inside police outpost
A pregnant Muslim woman and her two sisters were allegedly stripped and tortured inside a police outpost in Assam’s Darrang district. As a result of the alleged attack, the expecting mother had to be admitted to a hospital where her pregnancy was terminated.
The incident has ruffled many a feather with the Assam State Commission for Women lodging a case suo moto and the state’s Director General of Police Kuladhar Saikia ordering a probe by Darrang Superintendent of Police, Amrit Bhuyan.
The incident took place on September 8 but it came to light on Tuesday after the victims had approached the media as the authorities did not register a case despite a complaint lodged by the victims.…
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https://www.sabrangindia.in/article/three-sisters-stripped-and-beaten-outpost-assam-2-cops-suspended - Muslim Family Attacked by Mob at Aligarh Railway Station (Sep 17, 2019, The Wire)
https://thewire.in/communalism/muslim-family-attacked-by-mob-at-aligarh-railway-station - Muslim Family Attacked By A Mob Of Saffron-Clad Men At Aligarh Station (Sep 16, 2019, India Tomorrow)
http://www.indiatomorrow.net/eng/muslim-family-attacked-by-a-mob-of-saffron-clad-men-at-aligarh-station - Four of family injured in Aligarh railway station attack (Sep 16, 2019, The Hindu)
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/muslim-family-attacked-in-aligarh/article29429946.ece
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