Woman beaten up, her daughter stripped naked over water dispute – Telangana Today

Police have registered a case against eight members of a family in connection with the Panvel attack

Tanne: In a shocking incident, a woman was beaten and her 18-year-old daughter stripped naked and beaten up by their neighbors over a water dispute in Navi Mumbai, police said on Saturday.

Police have registered a case against eight members of a family in connection with the assault that took place in Panvel on Thursday, but no one has been arrested yet, an official said.

According to police, the suspects attacked the mother-daughter duo as they suspected them of complaining about water wastage in their locality in Nhava Sheva area. According to the FIR, the suspect allegedly beat up the woman and her daughter and stripped the teenager naked in public, the official said.

The suspect also allegedly used casteist insults against the victims during the attack, he said. The official said a case was registered under sections 74 (assault or use of criminal force against women with intent to outrage her modesty), 76 (assault or use of criminal force against women with intent to undress) and others relevant provisions of the Bharatiya. Nyaya Sanhita and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.