Hyderabad, May 3 -- A 16-year-old Dalit girl was attacked and dragged by her hair for allegedly resisting molestation while travelling in a bus in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri on Friday, May 2.

A video of the assault has gone viral on social media platforms. The visuals show a few men dragging the teenager by her hair and repeatedly slapping her. When the bus conductor and driver, Saleem, tried to intervene and protect her, they were attacked too.

"There was a girl on the bus to Lakhimpur Kheri. Some boys were harassing her. When she told me, I tried to stop them, but they started arguing and hit me," bus driver Saleem was quoted by Dainik Bhaskar.

Saleem alleged that the men robbed him of Rs 25,500/-.

Based on Saleem's complaint, ...