Four youths arrested on charge of stripping, abusing girl in Jehanabad

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 police also seized the bike used by the culprits, all said to be in the age group of 16-18.

“Within 24 hours of the video going viral on social media, we arrested four youths, among them one is of 16 years… we’ve also seized the bike the miscreants used in the incident but the bike owner is absconding,” Patna range Inspector General of Police Nayear Husnain Khan told The Hindu.

He said that it was a heinous crime and he himself was monitoring the incident from his office. “We’ll arrest those absconding involved in the incident soon and ensure speedy trial in the case.”

The girl has not been identified yet but she appears to be a minor.

“Soon after the video had gone viral on social media the police acted on its own and arrested four of them…we’ve also appealed that the video should not be exchanged or someone take any kind of advantage of it, otherwise action will be taken against them also”, he said.

Earlier, on Saturday (May 28) night a video was shared on social media in Jehanabad district of central Bihar which showed 7-8 boys stripping a girl who was crying and begging for mercy with folded hands.

The youths were also using abusive and derogatory words against the girl. In the video, a youth was shown making a video of the incident on his mobile phone.

Soon after the district police came to know about the video, the Jehanabad Superintendent of Police Manish Kumar formed a special investigation team and launched a manhunt.

“On Sunday we identified some of the youths involved in the incident and later arrested them,” said a senior police official of Jehanabad. It is suspected that the incident might have taken place in Chaura area of the district, he added further.

“An FIR was lodged in the case on the basis of a written statement by a police inspector Shyam Sundar Singh,” said the police official.