Dalit woman, son assaulted during panchayat in UP; casteist slurs hurled at them

A Dalit woman and her minor son were allegedly assaulted and subjected to casteist slurs by representative of gram prhan and his companion here, a police official said on Wednesday.

accused were identified as village he's representative Santosh Yav and his companion Sant Kumar Yav, official said.

Jai Shree and her son were allegedly harassed in full public view and locked out of ir house in Kallapur Saraiharra village on Sunday, Superintendent of Police Akash Tomar told PTI.

According to police, woman's daughter h a court marriage on August 16 with a man from same village, who also belonged to same caste.

couple got married with consent of ir families. However, girl's grandmor was not happy with marriage and on her initiative, a panchayat was called, SP said.

During panchayat, Santosh and Sant Kumar publicly harassed woman and her son, he said.

A purported video of incident recorded by a bystander also surfaced on internet, police said.

A case under sections of Indian Penal Code and SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was registered against two at Nawabganj police station on Tuesday evening, SP said.

woman returned to her house after lock was removed, he said, ding inspector-in-charge of area has been directed to provide security to victim's family. PTI COR SAB NB CK