GORAKHPUR, June 2 -- Two unidentified men on a motorcycle opened fire on a 50-year-old woman in Deoria district on Sunday, just two days before a scheduled court hearing in an alleged sexual assault case involving her daughter. The woman, a key eyewitness in the case, was returning from a medical store when she was attacked.

She sustained bullet injuries to her chest and is currently undergoing treatment at Maharishi Devraha Baba Medical College, Deoria, police said.

According to police officials, the woman had filed a complaint last year against two youths accused of sexually assaulting her daughter. Both accused were arrested and later released on bail. The hearing in the case is scheduled for June 3 at the additional district judge (...