Communal tension grips Lakhimpur as molestation victim succumbs to injuries
Communal tension gripped a village here after a 20-year-old woman succumbed to her injuries sustained in an attack on Monday allegedly by two men during a molestation attempt. She died on Friday at her home, police said.
The woman was allegedly attacked by two Muslim youths with sharp edged weapons.
After her death, police added charges of culpable homicide to the original FIR, which was filed after the incident.
A police outpost in-charge has also been suspended for not heeding to the family's complaint, in which it had alleged that the woman was molested.
"Section 324 of IPC (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 304 of IPC (Punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder) have been added following the police investigations into the case and girl's death on Friday, and that the two accused have been arrested," Kheri police said in a press statement on Saturday.
Police said they came to know about the distortion in the FIR after a video of the famil