Sheikhpura: A woman involved in campaign against liquor consumption was today attacked and mercilessly beaten with by cricket bat and iron rods by men engaged in manufacture of illegal brew in Bihar's Sheikhpura district.

Razia Khatoon, the victim, was returning home after a programme in favour of liquor ban on International Women's Day in Makanpur village under Sheikhpura police station when she was attacked by men engaged in manufacture of illegal liquor, police and District Programme Officer of Jeevika, said.