The Asian Age

N-E girl brutally tortured by 5, video goes viral

- MANOJ ANAND

Guwahati: A video posted by the official handle of Assam police showing a young girl being brutally tortured by five persons in Assam has gone viral on social media. The video shows five unidentifi­ed people (four men, one woman) thrashing and torturing a young girl. However, the time or place of this incident is not clear. In view of the viral video, the Assam Police has released the images of the five suspects and sought more informatio­n from the public leading to their arrest.

A video posted by the official handle of the Assam police showing a young girl being brutally tortured by five men in Assam has gone viral on social media. The video shows five unidentifi­ed men thrashing and torturing a young girl.

However, the time or place of this incident is not clear. In view of the viral video, the Assam police has released the images of the five suspected culprits and sought more informatio­n from the public leading to their arrest.

The police has also announced a reward for those who have any informatio­n about the culprits.

“These images are of 5 culprits who are seen brutally torturing and violating a young girl in a viral video. The time or place of this incident is not clear.

Anyone with informatio­n regarding this crime or the criminals may please contact us. They will be rewarded handsomely,” the Assam police

said in a post Twitter handle.

In the viral video, the culprits can be seen slapping the girl, believed to be from the northeast, and also hitting the victim’s face before stripping her naked.

Taking the note of the viral video Union minister Kiren Rijiju in his social media post through his official Twitter handle its said, “The viral video of a girl from Northeast being brutally raped and tortured by 4 men & 1 women is not related to Jodhpur suicide case. I had a detailed discussion with the Police Commission­er of Jodhpur. However, there must be all-out efforts by all State Police to catch the devils.”

The special commission­er of Delhi police, Robin Hibu, told reporters that police is trying to ascertain the identities of the criminals.

He also clarified that this video has nothing to do with the late Lovikali Sumi, a Nagaland resident who had committed suicide in Jodhpur, Rajasthan where she worked.

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