Woman allegedly attacked by miscreant for opposing lewd remarks

A woman was allegedly attacked by a man for opposing his lurid comments, police said in Gorakhpur on Tuesday.

"On Monday evening, the accused passed lurid comments on a woman when she was going to a bank with her mother-in-law in Sumersagar area. When she opposed, he pushed down the woman to ground and tore her clothes, police said.  When the victim's  mother-in-law raised an alarm, he fled from the spot," they said.

Following the incident, the victim's brother-in-law reached the accused's house but he rang up the police and lodged a fake complaint against her brother, police said.

When the victim came to know about her brother-in-law's arrest, she reached the SP city's office and narrated the entire episode, then his brother-in-law was released, said police.  However, the miscreant has absconded, police added.

In another such incident a girl was beaten-up by miscreants on Sunday in Khorabar police station area here for resisting their teasing bid.