Two women beaten up by villagers in Hooghly

Two women, a teacher and her mother, were beaten-up and their vehicle was set on fire this evening near Asanpur village in Girat following a heated exchange of words between them and villagers, police said.
The women were returning home to Agarpara in a car after visiting a relative. When they asked for directions from locals, the villagers suspected them as child-lifters due to some miscommunication, a police officer said.
This led to a heated exchange of words between the villagers and the women. Following this, angry villagers beat-up the two women, ransacked thir vehicle and set it on fire, police said.

On getting infromation about the incident, officials of Balagarh Police Station reached the spot and rescued the women.
"They were initially taken to a primary health centre in Girat and later shifted to a nursing home at Kalyani in Nadia district," Barun Mitra officer-in-charge of Balagarh police station said.
"We have detained four persons in connection with the incident," the officer said.