Bihar: 34 girls beaten up by goons for resisting harassment

The girls are reportedly aged between 12 and 16.

Several of them were admitted to a hospital for treatment after the attack which took place on Saturday.

Some girls reportedly caught some boys when they were allegedly sneaking into the Kasturba Residential School and even directed them to leave.

But when the boys refused and misbehaved, the girls then beat them up in self defence, said one of the eyewitnesses at the school to NDTV.

After nearly two hours, around 5 pm, the boys returned with their parents and relatives and barged into the school, the police told the news channel, quoting one of the students. 

The mob later targeted the girls.

There was no security guard in the institution, reports said.

"We will not allow anyone to escape punishment as acts like this simply can't be tolerated," District magistrate Baidyanath Yadav was quoted as saying by NDTV.

Opposition leader Tejashwi Yadav criticised the government over the incident.

He tweeted: "Because CM personally interferes to ensure that rapists & perpetrators gets a free run. In majority cases his party men, law makers and office bearers are the main culprits. If an honest officer tries to catch hold of them, He/she is transferred immediately. #NitishKaAatankRaj."

Three people have been reportedly arrested in connection with the incident so far.