4 Kashmiri women, a youth allege assault in Delhi; FIR lodged
New Delhi, May 11: Four women and a youth hailing from Kashmir complained of assault by a mob of around 40 persons over a petty issue in the national capital, following which an FIR was lodged on Friday, police said.
The case was registered on the complaint filed by one of the victim women, whose identity was not disclosed by the police.
Earlier, a Kashmiri man living in Sunlight Colony, in his police complaint, had accused a group of residents of carrying out a planned attack on him and four women, including his sister, while they were walking in the street after dinner on Thursday night.
"A group of 40 residents of the area attacked the women. When the women asked the reason, the accused abused them and shouted slogans like 'Kashmiri terrorists should be sent back from India'," the complainant said.
"When I came to my sister's rescue, some persons carrying hockey sticks attacked me. I suffered a fracture in hand," he said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Chinmoy Biswal said: "We have registered a case on charges of sexual harassment, making sexually-coloured remarks, criminal intimidation and using words and acts intended to insult the modesty of women against the accused."
Earlier, the police officer had told IANS that a complaint was received from both parties, who had accused each other of assault.
He had said it was a case of old enmity. "Both parties have indulged in similar actions in the past, following which cross cases were registered against them."
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Delhi elections: BJP releases first list of candidates; Parvesh Verma to contest against Kejriwal
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday released its first list of 29 candidates for the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, scheduled to be held in February this year.
Former Lok Sabha MP Parvesh Verma will contest from the New Delhi assembly seat against former Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal.
Ramesh Bidhuri is set to contest against Delhi CM Atishi and Congress leader Alka Lamba from Kalkaji constituency.
BJP has fielded Sardar Tarvinder Singh Marwah from Jangpura constituency. He is pitted against former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia. Meanwhile, Congress has fielded former Mayor Farhad Suri from this constituency.
The saffron party has fielded Dushyant Kumar Gautam and Ashish Sood from Karol Bagh and Janakpuri, respectively, and former AAP leader Kailash Gahlot from Bijwasan.
The BJP has dropped its Gandhi Nagar MLA Anil Bajpai and given a ticket to former Delhi Congress chief Arvinder Singh Lovely.
Former Delhi BJP president Satish Upadhyay will contest from Malviya Nagar.
