Karnal, July 11 -- Days after a Dalit woman was allegedly assaulted by police personnel inside a police station in Kaithal, Haryana, the State Scheduled Caste Commission has stepped in. On Thursday, commission chairperson Ravinder Baliala directed the additional director general of police (ADGP), Karnal Range, to submit a fact-finding report within a week.

Baliala also recommended invoking provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the FIR already registered based on the victim's complaint.

The chairperson was in Kaithal to address public grievances at the district secretariat, where 26 complaints were heard, and appropriate action was ordered.

According to a complaint submitted to deputy commissioner Preeti on July 1 by...