Two arrested over alleged sexual assault of 18-year-old Dalit woman in UP

Two men were arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an 18-year-old Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district, police said on Thursday.

Superintendent of Police Saurabh Dixit said the woman had gone to the house of one of the accused, Sachin, on Wednesday while looking for her younger sister.

Sachin and his associate Dil Kumar allegedly dragged her inside the house, locked her in a room and sexually assaulted her, the SP said.

The woman was allegedly kept confined in the room for about an hour, he said.

A case was registered on Wednesday night and both accused were arrested on Thursday, Dixit said.

The accused have been booked under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

They were subsequently sent to jail, the SP said.