GURGAON: A 43-year-old woman, employed in the corporate sector, was beaten up and stripped in full public view by her neighbour, an advocate, and his family members, over an argument about walking her dog in a park adjoining Old DLF area of Sector 14. The victim has been hospitalized. Civil lines police have lodged a case against the lawyer, who is absconding along with his family.The incident occurred on August 7 when the victim's domestic help Mohan, 18, was walking her dog in the park in the afternoon. The accused, A K Gupta, who also lives near the park, objected to the dog entering the park and hurled abuses at Mohan.When Mohan tried to pacify him, Gupta picked up an iron rod and started thrashing Mohan and the pet, leaving him with head injuries. On hearing cries of their domestic help, the victim rushed to the spot and tried to intervene."When my wife objected to Gupta saying it was not his private road, he caught her by her hair and slapped her several times. Soon, he was joined by his wife and two daughters, who all punched and slapped my wife, and she stared bleeding" alleged Suresh Yadav, the victim's husband.Yadav, who works at an automobile major, told TOI that Gupta tore her wife's kurta and stripped her. They hit her on her private parts and dragged her into their house, he alleged, continuing that as they kept thrashing his wife, one of Gupta's daughters took pictures of the assault on her mobile phone.However when other locals gathered and a neighbour offered his wife a piece of cloth to cover herself up, the accused left the spot. "When I heard of the incident, I rushed home and took my wife and Mohan to a nearby private hospital. Mohan has been discharged. My wife is likely to be discharged tomorrow," said Yadav.Expressing discontent over police action, Yadav claimed Gupta had been caught by the police the same day and later taken to Civil hospital for medical examination after he complained about chest pain. But he disappeared from hospital Friday morning. "How could he escape from police custody? Cops say they are conducting raids to nab Gupta and his family, but it seems there was pressure from the lawyers fraternity," Yadav alleged.Civil lines police said that a case, under sections 323 (causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 354 (assault or criminal force on woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the IPC, has been lodged and police teams have conducted raids to arrest Gupta. As for the other family members, a decision on whether to arrest them will be taken after the probe is complete, said an official.