<p>The incident, which happened on Friday last, could not be reported as some local goons threatened the mother and daughter with dire consequences if they lodged any complaint with police.<br /><br />The girl,Sohonara (name changed), class X standard student, was returning home from tuition when a gang of goons pounced on her for having an affair with a married youth who reportedly had a “high status”in the village.<br /><br />After stripping her, they ordered the girl to parade nude before them. At this, her mother, a wife of a rickshaw puller, tried to save her daughter from the outrage. But to her horror, the goons even forcibly undressed her in full view of villagers, tied her to a tree and then started thrashing the mother for trying to protect her daughter.<br /><br />All their pleas for being let off fell on deaf years. Their ordeal did not end there; the goons trimmed the hair of the girl who has been preparing to take her Plus Ten examination in February 2011.<br /><br />When they went to the local police station, the cops refused to register a diary of the incident. Pushed to a corner following persistent demand of the villagers, the cops finally budged and took the complaint. <br /><br />On the basis of the FIR, a huge posse of police combed the village and arrested four of the accused. Two others are still at large.</p>
<p>The incident, which happened on Friday last, could not be reported as some local goons threatened the mother and daughter with dire consequences if they lodged any complaint with police.<br /><br />The girl,Sohonara (name changed), class X standard student, was returning home from tuition when a gang of goons pounced on her for having an affair with a married youth who reportedly had a “high status”in the village.<br /><br />After stripping her, they ordered the girl to parade nude before them. At this, her mother, a wife of a rickshaw puller, tried to save her daughter from the outrage. But to her horror, the goons even forcibly undressed her in full view of villagers, tied her to a tree and then started thrashing the mother for trying to protect her daughter.<br /><br />All their pleas for being let off fell on deaf years. Their ordeal did not end there; the goons trimmed the hair of the girl who has been preparing to take her Plus Ten examination in February 2011.<br /><br />When they went to the local police station, the cops refused to register a diary of the incident. Pushed to a corner following persistent demand of the villagers, the cops finally budged and took the complaint. <br /><br />On the basis of the FIR, a huge posse of police combed the village and arrested four of the accused. Two others are still at large.</p>
