In a shocking incident, a video footage showing 14 youths molesting two girls in broad daylight in a village under Tanda police station in Rampur has gone viral on the social media, triggering an outrage in the state where the incidents of crime have seen a spurt recently. In the video, the girls are seen objecting to the assault and trying to defend themselves while they are surrounded and groped by the assailants, who also filmed the act on their cellphone cameras and later put it on Facebook. Police have arrested the main accused after registering a case against 14 youths who have been identified. "An FIR has been lodged against 14 persons. Main accused Shahnawaz has been arrested and the probe is on," principal secretary (home) Arvind Kumar said in Lucknow.
In a shocking incident, a video footage showing 14 youths molesting two girls in broad daylight in a village under Tanda police station in Rampur has gone viral on the social media, triggering an outrage in the state where the incidents of crime have seen a spurt recently. In the video, the girls are seen objecting to the assault and trying to defend themselves while they are surrounded and groped by the assailants, who also filmed the act on their cellphone cameras and later put it on Facebook. Police have arrested the main accused after registering a case against 14 youths who have been identified. "An FIR has been lodged against 14 persons. Main accused Shahnawaz has been arrested and the probe is on," principal secretary (home) Arvind Kumar said in Lucknow.