Hyderabad, June 18 -- A 58-year-old Dalit woman and her family were subjected to casteist slurs and assault by a doctor and her family in Ahmedabad's Nava Vadaj area, Gujarat, on June 14. The altercation reportedly began when the woman's son sat on a roadside bench in front of their house.

The victim, Dadam Vaghela, lives with her 30-year-old son Anil and his 27-year-old wife Pooja in Samarth Complex.

On the day of the incident, at around 7:30 pm, Anil was sitting on a public bench in front of his residence. The doctor, who runs a clinic beneath their flat, reprimanded him and told him to sit somewhere else.

Pooja defended Anil, and an argument broke out, drawing the attention of neighbours. On information, police arrived and diffused ...