A MUSLIM woman was assaulted and molested by a group of men in Ujjain city of India’s Madhya Pradesh state, according to local media reports.

The woman, a physiotherapist by profession, was on her way home on Friday when the suspects tried to molest her. When she resisted, the men started beating her, according to a local newspaper, The Free Press Journal.

Her cousin, who came to her rescue, was also beaten. A video of the incident shared on social media showed men hitting him with iron rods and bats.

After the attacks, members of the Muslim community and local Congress party lawmaker Noori Khan staged a sit-in outside the Ujjain SP office.

Ms Khan later tweeted she met the victim undergoing treatment at the Ujjain Civil Hospital. “Her agony and the whole sequence of events have shocked me,” she wrote.

In a post on her Twitter account, the victim said five men were involved in the attack.

Published in Dawn, July 31st, 2023

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