Ms. Sunita Devi is a Dalit widow and member of the organizational unit and the Self Help Group (SHG) unit of the Indian NGO PariOn 16 January 2011, Ms. Sunita Devi, a Dalit widow and member of the organizational unit and the Self Help Group (SHG) unit of the Indian NGO Parivartan Kendra, was attacked by a gang of men. At the time, she was facilitating a meeting of the SHG in front of her house. The meeting was organized by the President of the organization, Ms. Premsheela Kumari at the door of the house of Ms. Sunita Devi. As the women were arriving, the assailants Mr. Santlal Sinh and Mr. Surendra Sinh walked up to Ms. Sunita Devi and dragged her away by her sari. They started beating her and snatched the ornaments from her ear. They also used demeaning language and shouted caste-based slurs at Ms. Sunita Devi. The other women of the SHG intervened and stopped them. After the attack, Ms. Sunita Devi went to the police station and registered a first information report (FIR) against the attackers. After registering the FIR, the accused men continued to threaten Ms. Sunita Devi and her family, in order for her to withdraw the complaint. These threats caused Sunita to flee her home with her daughter. On 23 January 2011, Ms. Devi returned to her house with her family. A village meeting was organized and people were informed about the attack. vartan Kendra. The objective of these SHGs is to enable local women to take up small savings and credit activities, thereby bringing an end to the system of taking loans from money lenders on high interest rates. Ms. Devi was facilitating a meeting of the SHG in front of her house when two men attacked her. The men were money lenders in the community who had lost a lot of their businesses due to the self help group's saving system.The two men verbally and physically assaulted Ms. Devi.