- By Shivam Shandilya
- Fri, 17 Nov 2023 04:04 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Nuh Stone Pelting: Three minor boys were detained on Friday for allegedly attacking eight women with stones and injuring them in Haryan's Nuh, police said, according to news agency PTI. An FIR has been registered for the incident. According to the police, they have identified and apprehended three boys based on video footage.
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A case under sections 354, 323, and the SC/ST Act has been registered. "In connection with the incident, three minors have been nabbed and will be produced in juvenile court," Nuh Superintendent of Police Narender Bijarniya told reporters. He also added that the remaining suspects are being identified.
In all, three out of eight women are undergoing treatment after receiving injuries. Notably, tension prevailed again in Nuh after a few women suffered injuries in stone-pelting by unidentified youths allegedly from a mosque here on Thursday night.
According to the police, the incident took place near a mosquie around 8.25 p.m. when a group of women were on their way for a 'kuan (well) poojan' from ward no 10 in Nuh. When the victims reached the mosque, stones were allegedly pelted at them, the police said, as quoted by the news agency IANS. The victims were admitted to a civil hospital in Nuh for further treatment.
Nuh SP, along with a huge police force, reached the spot and took control of the situation after getting information. "We are probing the matter as some women received injuries in the incident. Action will be taken as per the law," said Bijarniya.