Dalit sisters’ molestation: Rajpura cops arrest accused

The Rajpura police have arrested the two youths who allegedly molested two Dalit sisters of Patarsi Kalan village in Fatehgarh Sahib district on Thursday.

The Rajpura police have arrested the two youths who allegedly molested two Dalit sisters of Patarsi Kalan village in Fatehgarh Sahib district on Thursday.

The accused were identified as Rinku of Patarsi Kalan village in Fatehgarh Sahib and Sandeep Singh of Balsua village in Rajpura.

The accused were arrested from the Basantpura area in Rajpura.

Basantpura police post in-charge assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Shamsher Singh said the two accused will be produced in a local court on Friday.

In their complaint, the two sisters said they were on their way to Basantpura when the accused ambushed them near Chandumajra village. The girls alleged that the accused, who had their faces covered, tore off their clothes.

Police have booked the two accused under sections 376/511 (attempt to rape), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 107 (abetment), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 341 (wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code.