A 33-year-old law student was allegedly attacked on Friday night by a man and a woman from a neighbouring building who objected to her daily routine of feeding stray dogs inside her housing society. The Charkop police has registered an FIR against the two neighbours.
The incident took place on the 23rd floor of Saptarishi building in Charkop. The victim, Nisha Lodh, has been residing at the Charkop flat for the past four years and being an avid dog lover often feeds and fosters strays in her society.
At around 8pm on Friday, Nisha was feeding the dogs, when her neighbour Rizwana Dange allegedly threatened to beat her up. “I have been threatened by her earlier as well. I tried telling her that I was not feeding dogs in her society, and my society doesn’t have a problem with it. Nonetheless, I was scared so I went back home,” said Nisha.
“After sometime, someone rang the bell. I opened the door and saw a man and the same woman. The man directly pushed me while the woman slapped me. The woman attacked me with her keys. My uncle tried to protect me, but they over powered him too,” she added.
Nisha sustained head injuries in the scuffle and was treated at Shatabdi hospital in Kandivali. Senior Police Inspector, Vijay Bhalshankar, Charkop police station, said, “We are on the lookout for the accused identified as Shankar Yadav, possibly the secretary of the neighboring building and Rizwana Dange. We are collecting evidence against the accused, but haven’t seized the weapon yet.”
A case has been registered under sections 354(criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty.), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) and 506 (1) (Punishment for criminal intimidation) Indian Penal Code.
