Rape accused still at large in Banka

PATNA: Police are on the lookout for one Mohammad Shamsher (26), who had allegedly posted obscene videos and photographs of a 16-year-old girl on social media after sexually exploiting her at a village in Banka district.
SHO of Dhoraiyya police station Maheshwar Prasad Rai said the matter came to light when the girl approached the police on May 24. “The accused is a neighbour of the minor girl,” the SHO said, adding the girl has alleged in the FIR that she was sexually exploited multiple times by Shamsher, who had also recorded the videos of the act.
The SHO said the girl’s medical examination was conducted and her statement before a judicial magistrate recorded.
He said the police have conducted multiple raids to arrest the accused, but in vain.
This is the second similar incident within a month in the state. A minor girl had committed suicide in Gopalganj on May 18 after video of her alleged gangrape by at least three youths appeared on social media.