Video: Indian sisters use belts to repel attackers on a bus

People around the world are talking about a brave fight put up by two Indian women who were attacked on the transit system.

As the video above shows, they beat off three larger male assailants with belts as other passengers chose not to get involved.

The incident occurred in the northwestern Indian state of Haryana.

The young women claimed they were being sexually harassed. However, a man from the village where the three men live has alleged that they were merely fighting for a seat on the bus.

The driver has reportedly been suspended for not taking any action and the three men have been charged with assault.

Ever since a woman died after being gang-raped on a Delhi bus in December 2012, violence against women has remained a topic of intense public debate in India.

According to National Crime Records Bureau statistics, 93 women report being sexually assaulted every day in India.

The number of reported rapes in Delhi shot up from 585 in 2012 to 1,441 in 2013. The next highest number occurred in Mumbai (391).

Madya Pradesh was the state that recorded the most rapes in 2013: 4,335

One of the highest-profile cases in the country involves prominent magazine editor Tarun Tejpal, who is out on bail after being accused by a colleague of sexual assault. Tejpal quit as editor of the crusading journal Tehelka, which had been at the forefront of covering the problem of sexual violence.