Woman assaulted by husband, 5 other men for painting Modi, Yogi

BALLIA: An FIR was on Sunday registered against six people who allegedly assaulted a newly-married Muslim

woman

for making a painting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, police said.

The complaint was filed by Nagma Praveen's father Shamsher Khan against six people including her husband, Pervez Khan, at Sikandarpur police station, Superintendent of Police, Anil Kumar said today.

Nagma married Pervez last year in Basarikpur village in the

Sikanderpur

area.

Shamsher alleged that his daughter was assaulted and thrown out of the house by her husband and five other men after she made a painting of Modi and Adityanath, Kumar told PTI.

Police said a probe is under way in the matter.