Noida: A society feud turned ugly this week with two FIRs being filed — one on the complaint of a tenant who accused officials in charge of maintenance of assault and sexual harassment and the other by the maintenance officials accusing the woman of slapping and threatening them.The tenant, a 22-year-old third-year student, has alleged that she and her two male friends were assaulted and threatened by members of the maintenance team of the Greater Noida housing society when she requested them to renew her entry pass on Tuesday.The student, who has lived in the society as a tenant for a year, said she and her friends had gone to the maintenance team’s office to obtain the NOC required to renew her entry-exit passes.The visit followed a dispute with the maintenance team that had left her barred from entering the premises three months ago. Societies can’t legally bar anyone living lawfully on the compound — such as a tenant with a valid rent agreement -/ from accessing their home.She returned on Tuesday to have the restriction resolved and renew her pass. That is when the confrontation turned violent, she alleged.“My phone was snatched and broken while I was trying to record the incident to collect evidence. They took me away from the CCTV cameras in the parking area, thrashed me and physically assaulted me. One of them even sat over me, hit me and touched me inappropriately,” she alleged.In her complaint at Rabupura police station, she named Shrikant Sharma, Shravan Sisodiya and Pradeep Tomar – all members of the maintenance team. An FIR was registered under BNS sections 115(2) for causing hurt, 351(3) for criminal intimidation, 352 for intentional insult and 74 for using criminal force against a woman.The maintenance team disputed her account. A separate FIR was registered on a complaint by Shravan Sisodiya against the student, her friend Swayam Patel and an unidentified person under BNS sections 115(2) for causing hurt, 333 for house-trespass, 351(3) for criminal intimidation and 352 for intentional insult.Sisodiya, the society’s general manager (security), alleged that the woman slapped him and threatened to implicate him in a false rape case.Shyam Babu Shukla, the SHO of Rabupura police station, said both FIRs were registered and an investigation initiated into the allegations. “We examined the CCTV footage and, prima facie, did not find evidence supporting the woman’s allegation that she was assaulted,” he added.Police said no arrests had been made till late on Friday evening.
