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UP: 5 held for attack on Dalit family

Family members of a 15-year-old girl had allegedly attacked the Dalit family after its member Santosh eloped with the minor girl.

Five persons have been arrested in connection with Saturday’s attack on a Dalit family of Shahjahanpur.

Family members of a 15-year-old girl had allegedly attacked the Dalit family after its member  Santosh (20) eloped with the minor girl.

Those arrested allegedly tore clothes of women family members of Santosh and paraded them semi naked in a village in Jalalabad police station area.

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At the time, the family’s male members were not at home. On Sunday, all the accused were produced in a local court which sent them to judicial custody.

Meanwhile, Santosh and the minor girl are still missing and police are looking for them.

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Station House Officer, Jalalabad police station, Shakti Singh Tomar said the arrested include the girl’s mother, father, two uncles and grandfather. Additional SP, Shahjahanpur, Asha Ram Yadav said five other accused, including four women, are still missing and raids are on to trace them.

In a press note issued by information and public relation department Sunday, CM Akhilesh Yadav announced monetary assistance of Rs 1 lakh each to the victims in the incident.

First uploaded on: 18-05-2015 at 02:37 IST
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