Hyderabad, Nov 4 Two men were arrested here for allegedly assaulting as many women from a different community after accusing them of attempting to convert people, police said on Wednesday.
A video of the incident which happened in August in Almasguda was circulated on social media on Tuesday.
The two women were confronted by a group of persons who accused them of trying to convert people by offering chocolates to children. The video showed one man among the group slapping the women and trying to snatch their bags even as the women denied the allegations.
Based on a complaint, a case was registered against the two men at Meerpet Police Station and they were arrested and remanded to judicial custody on Wednesday, a police official said.
“The women stated that they had visited the residence of a woman known to them while the men who slapped them accused the women of trying to convert children by offering chocolates,” the official said.
Meanwhile, members of two groups belonging to different communities held protests, and they were dispersed using “mild force”, police said.
(PTI News)
