A mother and her daughter were beaten, tonsured and paraded in the village for resisting a molestation attempt by miscreants. Local ward member Khurshid is among the people booked for the crime.
On June 13, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) stepped in and sent a notice to Begusarai District Magistrate and SP informing that the Commission has taken suo moto cognisance of the case.
A case has been registered against all the accused on the basis of the statement given by the victim vendor to the police. All the accused are absconding.
The incident occurred when six men of the village Pathargatti, 350 km from Patna, knocked on victim's door on Monday night asking for water and then forcibly entered the house, dragged her outside and raped her as they made her father watch.