Seven of the woman's family members have been hospitalised following the acid attack (Representative Image) | Photo Credit: Thinkstock

Bhadohi: On Sunday, reports coming in from Uttar Pradesh illustrated an utter breakdown of law and order as a woman was disrobed and assaulted while being chased by miscreants on the streets of Bhadohi reportedly after she objected to being eve-teased. News of the incident prompted outrage from across the country after a video of the act went viral on social media.

While a police inquiry was lodged into the matter, inputs coming in from Bhadohi tell us that family members of the woman who is the complainant in the matter were attacked with acid as they were at their residence by the same miscreants who attacked the woman earlier on Sunday. Aamir Haque, Times Network's correspondent in state capital Lucknow tells us that the woman's family was attacked after she filed a complaint against the accused.

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The matter can be traced back to Raipuri village under Gopiganj police station limits in Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi district. Around 7 pm on Saturday, unidentified miscreants barged into the home of the complainant and tore off her clothes. They chased her through the streets of the village while mercilessly assaulting her, claim eyewitnesses. She kept knocking on the doors of every house she could run past, but not even a single local came to her rescue.

Bhadohi: Woman allegedly stripped and thrashed half-naked on the streets by some men who had an argument with her husband on December 29; Police say, "Case registered. Medical examination of woman conducted. One person arrested. Videos being investigated to probe allegations" pic.twitter.com/UlEJ71ZWob — ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) December 30, 2018

In fact, reports by sections of the media also claimed that local police officials tried to hush up the matter and asked the woman to resolve the matter without filing a police complaint. It was only after a video of the act went viral and a local female political leader intervened, did the police file an official complaint and initiate an investigation into the matter.

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