Video of college girl being molested goes viral, six held

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha police on Sunday arrested six youth of Bargarh district, about one-anda-half months after they allegedly molested a college girl and captured the incident on camera.

Bargarh SP Jugal Kishore Kumar Banoth said the youth attacked the girl when she was visiting a dam in Paikmal block in October with a male friend. A few others also chased the couple and molested the girl.

One of the accused reportedly shot a video of the incident in which 10-15 youth, with their faces covered, were seen molesting the girl. The student was seen pleading before the youth to let her go while her male friend was thrashed mercilessly. Police lodged an FIR on their own and started investigation after the video of the incident went viral.

TEENAGER GANG-RAPED IN UP; ONE ARRESTED

KANPUR: An 18-year-old was arrested on Sunday and police were looking for his two friends for allegedly raping his teenaged neighbour at gunpoint in Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh, which has a high rate of crime against women.

The girl, a resident of Majhgaon village, was allegedly raped in a field a week ago but the family lodged a complaint on Saturday after a video of the assault, recorded by the accused, was shared on social media, police said.

The girl had stepped out of her house when the neighbour called her. He brandished a gun and took her to the fields, where she was gang-raped, police said.

The men warned her against going to police, saying that they would make the video public.