GUWAHATI, Dec 29 � The Assam Women�s Commission has sought a report from the police on the assault on a Mizo girl who was found wandering about in Nijarapar here, reports PTI.
The Commission acted on video footage aired by a local TV news channel which showed the girl, Josephine, being beaten up and kicked by women armed with sticks in Chandmari area last night. Three of the women seen in the video footage were arrested and the Mizo girl was taken to the Mizoram House here for safety and medical care, official sources said.
The girl was in a �slightly inebriated� state and that she was assaulted without provocation, the sources added.
Josephine said she was to attend a wedding somewhere in Nijarapar area but had lost her way when she was attacked, the sources said. Her attackers could not understand her language and snatched away her mobile phone.
Based on the TV report, a prominent women's rights organisation filed a case with the Commission, which then sought a report from the police on the incident.
