India, Oct. 9 -- A woman and her 12-year-old daughter were allegedly attacked in Rae Bareli's Jagatpur area on Wednesday, a day after the woman's family helped a Dalit woman and her relatives get an FIR registered against a village pradhan and his two sons over an alleged assault.

The woman, Ruddhima Singh, alleged that the pradhan's sons and their associates intercepted her car while she was taking her daughter to school, smashed its windows with bricks and stones and tried to drag the girl out. She also alleged that one of the attackers grabbed her by the neck and tried to strangle her.

Police said three men named in the Wednesday FIR, Ritesh Mishra, Satyam Mishra and Shivam Mishra, have been detained. Four-five unidentified persons h...