Thane police are looking for a couple who allegedly beat up a housewife for refusing to dance during a Ganesh immersion procession at Ulhasnagar in the district three days ago.
Sub-inspector SK Shere said the complainant, a 40-year-old woman, identified the accused as Ayub Sheikh and his wife Joya Sheikh.
According to her statement, she refused to dance with Ayub during the procession, and later Ayub and his wife came to her house and assaulted her, police said.
The accused disappeared after the incident. Police were looking for them, Sub-inspector Shere said. Police have registered a case of assault and molestation.