13 booked for assault, outraging woman’s modesty

The Sadar Jagraon police registered a case against 13 persons for attacking and outraging the modesty of a woman at Sohian village in Jagraon.

The suspects were identified as Dilpreet Singh, Karanpreet Singh, Harvinder Singh, Narang Singh, Surjit Singh, Bablu, Kulwant Singh, Gurpinder Singh, Hakam Singh, Ranjit Singh, Harmel Singh, Amritpal Singh and Arshdeep Singh, all residents of Sohian.

Complainant Manpreet Kaur told the police that on the evening of November 7, she went to collect firewood from a storage area in front of her house when the suspects, who were standing at Mana Wala Chowk in the village, came and abused her. They also made obscene gestures.

The complainant alleged that the suspects told her that they had let her go earlier but this time, they would not let her go and she had to face consequences.

“The suspects continued to abuse me and even made obscene gestures at me. They also assaulted me before fleeing the scene,” he said.

Investigating officer ASI Manjit Singh said after registering a case, further investigation was launched.