NEW DELHI – A disturbing mobile phone video allegedly showing a woman beingsexually assaulted by two men in Uttar Pradesh has reportedly gone viral onsocial media. The police in Kannauj have started an investigation into thevideo, after the woman’s family registered a case alleging the two menuploaded the video of the horrific incident.
On April 24, the woman was gang-raped, said her sister. “If the accused arenot hanged or given life imprisonment, we will give up our lives,” thesister told news agency ANI.
The two accused have been identified as Talib and Salman, both residents ofthe same locality, say police sources. Reports say, the woman had gone tofetch water from a well in the area, when she was assaulted by the two men.She apparently did not tell her parents immediately due to fear ofneighbours defaming her family.
The incident came to light when the men allegedly uploaded the video onsocial media, after which the woman along with her family immediately wentto the local police station and filed a case. The police have said theywill track the two accused soon.
Last September, a 19-year-old college student was sexually assaulted by herboyfriend and his friends, who circulated among themselves, a disturbingvideo and uploaded it on the social media. The three men were arrested inAndhra Pradesh’s Prakasam district.
In the video, the teenager begs, screams and tries to get away as herattacker tries to disrobe and rape her. The girl and her friend had gone toa temple to meet the accused man, whom she had reportedly known for over ayear, said the police.