Darbhanga (Bihar), May 19: Police arrested a young man in Darbhanga in Bihar last week for raping a minor girl. Two others who helped the alleged rapist to kidnap the girl and also film the rape are still absconding.
According to police, the victim went into the fields to cut grass. Three youth approached her and dragged her forcefully into the jungle. There, one of the youth raped the girl while the other two filmed the act. The young men threatened the girl with making the filmed video viral if she told anyone about the rape. This incident took place on April 10.
Again on May 5 when the victim went to cut the grass in the fields, the accused tried to rape her again but the girl was able to fight back and escape. Angered with this the youth threatened to release the video of the rape on social media. But when the girl didn’t relent the accused uploaded the video on May 10 on social media and also sent it to the girl's uncle’s mobile.
When this happened, the victim went to the police station and filed a complaint on May 11. Police after recording the statement of the girl arrested one of the accused identified as Babu Saheb. The police is on the Lookout for the other two accused.
After the video went viral, locals were angered with this incident and they demonstrated before the concerned police station demanding strict action against the accused. DSP Dilip Kumar Jha reached the police station and pacified the crowd assuring action.
The DSP promised that the video would be taken down from social media. He also informed that the main accused has been arrested and sent to judicial remand. We are looking out for the other two accused, he said.
The two accused are sons of Panchayat Sarpanch Methi Devi and local MLA candidate who lost in the previous assembly election, Ram Avtar Roy. They both said that the victim’s father has enmity with them and so they alleged that this complaint was filed to tarnish the name of their sons.