A 38 year-old woman and her daughter were allegedly attacked by a group of four people, including two women in northwest Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh area.
In her First Information Report (FIR), the victim, who runs an NGO, alleged that the attackers were sent by an AAP MLA and another man. She also alleged that the accused robbed her gold chain and ring, and molested her.
The entire series of events was caught on a CCTV camera and one of the footages which surfaced on social media showed that just after the woman parked her car, her daughter, who stepped out of the vehicle, was physically assaulted by the accused women.
When the mother rushed out to rescue her, two men started punching, kicking and beating up the woman with sticks in the parking area of her residential colony.
The footage further showed that the accused fled the spot when the woman started screaming for help while lying down next to her car.Based on the CCTV footage, the attackers were identified as Neha and Megha, both 20 years of age. Police said they have been arrested in connection with the incident which took place on November 19.Based on her complaint, police said an FIR has been registered under Indian Penal Code sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 341 (wrongful restraint), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 506 (criminal intimidation), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult modesty of a woman) and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention).