Woman Human Rights Defender (WHRD)Mrs. Christina Pyrtuh and her family have suffered a series of abuses including assault and, molestation that has now driven them out of their home and village, as a result of exercising her right to protest against corruption in the local area. She also protested against malfeasance of funds meant for Indira Avas Yojana (now rechristened as Pradhan Mantri Avas Yojana). According to Mrs. Christina Pyrtuh, there were allegations of gross corruption in the construction works of the the road sanctioned under the MLA fund. Villagers of Baikam Punji organized a meeting on 19 December 2017 regarding the issue where Ms Pyrtuh raised her voice against the GP president Bablu Das as well as some of local people including Dilip Pyrtuh, Jan-Mukhim, Daboymi Lamare, Sidwel Suchiang and the village headman Drickson Shyllain, all of whom she believed were implicated in corruption. Following her remarks, the accused persons lashed out at Mrs Pyrtuh and other the protesters . They organized a meeting of their own in the village and asked the villagers to boycott and ostracize the dissidents. One of the accused, Daboimi Lamare, who is a neighbor of the Mrs Pyrtuh started abusing her after getting drunk. He asked her to leave the village, threatening her that he would to make her life worse than hell by cutting her water connection if she did not flee. On on 29 December Mrs. Pyrtuh saw that the pipe through which her family got water from the local water-reservoir was indeed cut down. Mrs Pyrtuh replaced this pipe but it was destroyed again. Mr Lamare admitted to having ruiner her water pipe. On 1 January 2018 two of the accused persons namely Daboy Lamare and Jan-mukhim again attacked Mrs. Pyrtuh's house. All night they circled her house - vandalized her yards, verbally abused the victim's family and threatened them with death. In Mstr. Arayan Pyrtuh's words, Daboy Lamare said, "I will flee to Bangladesh after killing you with my Do-nala and fouling the graveyard with the venom of your dead body." On 2 January Mrs. Pyrtuh lodged a complaint to the police regarding the ongoing abuse. Following the complaint, the police arrested two of the accused but released both of them within 2 days. After their release the two accused continued their harassment of Ms Pyrtuh. They went door to door trying to manipulate the villagers saying that she didn't want the development of the village. During this time Mrs. Pyrtuh's family was not only living in constant danger of harassment, but due to shortage of drinking water the victim family fell ill and Mrs. Pyrtuh, Mstr. Dannyster Pyrtuh and Mstr. Aryan Pyrtuh, two of her children, had to be hospitalized in the Kalain Primary Health Center on 3 January, 2018. Nonetheless, the abuse continued, in another community meeting on 5 January, 2018 the accused persons pressured Mrs. Pyrtuh to withdraw the case and not to give any statement to the press. That night members of the meeting, namely Jan Mukhim and his accomplices furthermore pelted stones to the victim's house at the Punji. Mrs. Pyrtuh therefore filed another complaint to the Gumra Police Investigation Center on the incident of stone pelting and threatening but no actions have been taken by the police. Seeing no other options, Mrs. Pyrtuh contacted Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC) and came to the office on 19 January 2018. BHRPC advised her to give a representation to the higher police officials. Accordingly she met Superintendent of Police, Cachar on 23 January 2018 and submitted a representation requesting for investigation of cases and for providing security to her and her family. With still no action being taken, BHRPC also wrote to the SP on 12 February 2018. No response has been given. BHRCP therefore sent an appeal on 17 February 2018 to the Director General of Police, Assam and other authorities requesting for appropriate actions. At the moment, Mrs. Pyrtuh and her family are living with a relative in Meghalaya temporarily. However, Mrs. Pyrtuh regularly visits the Police Investigation Centre, Gumrah to know about the status of her case.