UP: 2 beaten up for eve-teasing, handed to police

Muzaffarnagar: Two youths were beaten up and then handed over to the police for allegedly teasing a girl student in Muzaffarnagar, the police said on Monday. The accused allegedly harassed the girl while she was on her way to school.

Following this, the girl's family members thrashed the accused and handed them over to police on Sunday, a police officer said.

A case under section 354 (Assault or criminal force on woman with intent to outrage her modesty) of the IPC and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act has been registered against the accused, the police said.