A report sent by the Haryana government to the Union Home Ministry has rejected the allegation of sexual assaults on women in Murthal region in Sonepat during the Jat stir in February.
However, some women were “harassed”, the report said, near a ‘dhaba’ in Murthal.
Haryana Police had also filed a status report on 29 February denying allegations of molestation and gangrape during the intervening night of 22-23 February.
Government sources said that the Haryana government report clearly stated that allegations were incorrect.
These reports were filed even as eye witnesses claimed to have seen women being dragged into the fields.
The Haryana government in its report has denied the allegations and said no eyewitnesses or victims had come forward to lodge complaints.
Sources said a cloth shop is located near the place of purported incident and it was looted.
Since some news reports said that women’s inner wear were found in a field of Murthal, it was suggested that the sexual assault indeed had taken place.
The Haryana government report said that some women were “harassed” during the Jat agitation but there was no conclusive evidence to suggest sexual assault, sources said.
Large scale violence and destruction of public and private properties have taken place during the week-long Jat agitation, demanding quota in Haryana, in which about 30 people were killed in February.
(With PTI inputs)
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