Elderly woman assaulted in Bihar, TOI and others ignore Muslim accused and choose to highlight 'Holi celebrations' in headline

Elderly woman assaulted in Bihar, TOI and others ignore Muslim accused and choose to highlight 'Holi celebrations' in headline

In his complaint, the victim’s son mentions that after she revealed her ordeal before them, they went to one of the accused Syed Ali’s house to confront him. However, accused Syed Ali,  Babudin, Shahabuddin, Saddam, Hashmat and Jummadin drove them away and hurled casteist slurs.

80-Year-Old Dalit Woman Raped in Bihar’s Gopalganj During Holi, Family Faces Casteist Abuse

An 80-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly raped in a village in Gopalganj district on March 14, during Holi celebrations. The woman had gone to a wheat field to cut grass when the accused allegedly attacked her, gagged her, and committed the crime, according to a police complaint filed by her family. “The survivor was cutting grass in the wheat field, around half a kilometre from her house, when the villager grabbed her from behind. When she trie…