Pilibhit : An FIR has been registered against two men for allegedly molesting a 35-year-old accredited social health activist (Asha) worker during a vaccination drive in a village under Barkhera police station, police said on Wednesday.
Barkhera SHO Satyendra Kumar said an FIR was registered against the two identified accused under sections 74 (criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 352 (intentional insult) and 351(3) (criminal intimidation) of BNS. They released her after she raised an alarm, but allegedly threatened to sexually assault her again, she said. Stay updated with the latest Bareilly news.
She alleged that the two men, who were present there, allegedly behaved obscenely towards her, and when she left the house and proceeded on foot to other homes in the village, the men followed her. The two men allegedly caught her by the hair at an isolated spot, pushed her to the ground and dragged her into a sugarcane field, where they molested her. Download the TOI App.
The woman lodged a complaint on Tuesday evening, stating that she had gone to the house of the village pradhan to provide vaccination services.