UP VILLAGE TENSE AFTER SEXUAL ASSAULT

A week after a 17-year-old Muslim girl was sexually assaulted by three local boys of Jat community at Hilwari village in Uttar Pradesh, tension is running high. Communication has almost snapped between the two communities, with allegations and counter-allegations flying thick and fast. The Jat community claims that the boys have been framed but the Muslims maintain the more powerful land-owning Jats are threatening them not to pursue the case. Police have already arrested two of the accused who had fled the village after the incident came to light.