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News Desk: Two men attempted to rape a woman in Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh. After they failed, they burnt her eyes with a hot knife. The incident took place on July 21 when the woman, who runs a vegetable stall, was closing her shop in the evening.
The woman said in her police complaint that she beat up the two men with her slippers when they tried to sexually assault her. Feeling insulted by her beating, the men heated a knife with their lighter and burnt her eyes.
After that they started beating her up and ran away when they heard a police siren. However, the police patrolling vehicle going through the area was not aware of the incident and the woman was unattended till the morning when her sister in-law found her lying injured. After the incident, the sister in-law of the woman informed police and the victim was then rushed to hospital in an ambulance arranged by the authorities.
The woman’s family members said that the two men are known in the area for their criminal activities and her sister-in-law said the duo tried to sexually assault the victim three months ago too. Furthermore, the sister-in-law claimed that authorities did not take any action at the time.
Lalitpur Additional Superintendent of Police Girjesh Kumar said that the victim had earlier complained against the men but it was only about verbal abuse. This time the ASP added that the authorities had booked the accused at the time, but the woman is telling a different story now.
