4 held over Bihar molestation viral video: Police
JAHANABAD (Bihar ): Police have arrested four youths on the charge of stripping and abusing a girl in Jehanabad district and sharing the video of the incident on social media.
The video shows seven men attacking the woman on a public road in Jahanabad district. According to Police a manhunt had been launched to arrest the three others. They added that the case was registered after the video went viral.The police also seized the bike used by the culprits, all said to be in the age group of 16-18.
The video shows the men groping and abusing the woman as she pleads with them to let her go. Onlookers can be seen filming the incident but they don’t intervene to help her. Inspector General of Police Naiyar Hasnain Khan told that it was unclear if the incident happened on Saturday or Sunday.He added that the woman in the video was yet to be identified.
“We have registered a suo moto (without a formal complaint from any party) case and are trying to find the victim to get more details of the abuse she endured,” he said. He said people in the district had been advised not to share the video on social media.
Scrutiny of sexual violence in India has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student Nirbhaya on a Delhi bus. But violent sexual attacks against women and children continue to be reported across the country.(With Agency Inputs).
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