This story is from August 26, 2020

Gang-rape videos go viral in Siwan & Muzaffarpur, four held

In two separate incidents, gang rape videos of two women went viral in Siwan and Muzaffarpur in the past 24 hours.
Gang-rape videos go viral in Siwan & Muzaffarpur, four held
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PATNA: In two separate incidents, gang rape videos of two women went viral in Siwan and Muzaffarpur in the past 24 hours.
In the first incident, a video of a 40-year-old woman went viral at Siwan on Tuesday. The incident took place at Jajor village under Andar police station area of the district.
SHO Shahnawaz said police came to know about the video on Tuesday after which an FIR was lodged.
“The victim in the video is aged around 40 years. At least five to six youths in their early 20s are seen in the clipping,” he said.
SHO said the identity of the survivor is not known yet but the accused who are visible in the video have been identified and arrested.
“Four of the accused were arrested till evening. Raids are on to nab others. The incident is four days old and took place on the outskirts of Jajor,” SHO said.
He said the arrested youths were identified as Amit Kumar Gaur (22) of Hartolia, Abhay Kumar (20) and Anil Kumar Gaur (35) of Jajor and Chotu Chauhan (22) of Mehrauna village under Guthani police station area.
In the Muzaffarpur incident, an eight-second clip of the gang rape of a 25-year-old woman went viral after which her husband lodged an FIR against five youths with Karja police station on Monday.

SHO Saroj Kumar said the woman is the mother of three sons and two daughters.
The SHO said Chunchun Kumar (20), Lalbabu Mahto (20), Shiva Kumar and Sajan Kumar, both 19 years, and Shriram Sahni (19) have named in the FIR and all of them are absconding.
“The incident is around 12 days old when the husband was not at home. The youths had gang-raped the woman at her own home,” he said.
SHO said husband got to know about the video on Monday after which he asked his wife about it. “She then narrated the incident after which he approached police,” he said.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme court directives on cases related to sexual assault)
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