A 25-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly beaten up by a farmer for relieving herself in his sugarcane field in Bhens village here, police said on Friday.
The woman had come to attend a wedding in the area.
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Members of the community blocked the Delhi-Dehradun highway near the village demanding the farmer be arrested, circle officer Hari Ram said.
The accused has been taken into custody and a probe has been ordered into the matter, police said.
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