This story is from July 18, 2021

Girl’s photo put on FB in Ballia, family attacked for filing FIR

Girl’s photo put on FB in Ballia, family attacked for filing FIR
Varanasi: Ballia police have arrested seven persons for attacking the family members of a girl in Uttartola area of Revati after she lodged an FIR against one Mahtab Alam for sharing her photo on Facebook. However, the main accused is still absconding.
According to reports, Mahtab Alam and his armed accomplices attacked the girl’s family of another religion on Thursday night, following which tension prevailed in Uttartola.
ASP Ballia Sanjay Kumar said, “Police teams have been engaged for the arrest of Mahtab and some other accused persons who are still absconding. Police and PAC has been deployed in Uttartola as a precautionary measure to avoid further escalation of situation.”
As per the complaint submitted by a girl of a locality in Revati police station area, Mahtab had uploaded her photos on his Facebook account. On her complaint, Revati police lodged an FIR against Mahtab and his accomplices on Thursday.
When Mahtab knew about the FIR, he and his accomplices raided the girl’s house and thrashed her family members. As many as 10 family members and neighbours of the girl suffered grave injuries in the attack.
On hearing their cries, people of the girl’s community ran towards the incident site. However, the assailants managed to escape before they could reach the spot. The incident left Uttartola tense. On getting information about the incident, SO Revati reached the spot and alerted senior officials in view of the gravity of the situation.
Later, ASP Ballia, Snajay Kumar, SDM Bansdih, Dushyant Kumar, CO Brijbhushan and other officials reached the spot with heavy police force and PAC.

The ASP said that an FIR against Mahtab and 17 other identified and five unidentified persons has been lodged under sections 147, 148 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly), 452 (house trespass), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 354 (assault to any woman), 504 (intentionally insult), 506 (criminal intimidation), 427 (committing mischief and thereby causes loss or damage), 324 (voluntarily causes hurt by means of any instrument for shooting), 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) and 7 Criminal Law (Amendment) Act was lodged in this connection on Friday.
Several teams were engaged to nab the accused persons, he said adding that till Saturday morning, seven accused persons had been arrested while Mahtab and others were absconding. He claimed that all the accused would be nabbed very soon.
“The situation is almost normal in Uttartola but as a precautionary measure police and PAC have been deployed,” he added.
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