A 21-year-old man and a lady, aged 19, from Dhar in Madhya Pradesh had been allegedly pressured by some males to bounce with the tires of a motorbike round their necks, police mentioned. .
Dhar police on Tuesday registered a case towards 5 individuals and arrested three of them after a purported video of the incident that befell in Kundi village on September 12 went viral on social media, he mentioned.
Police officers mentioned that within the clip, a 13-year-old woman was additionally pressured to bounce with the person and the girl, allegedly to assist them.
The three of them had been pressured to bounce with motorbike tires round their necks, and the video additionally confirmed a person hitting a person with a stick a few instances. The one that shot the video might be heard laughing together with others seen within the clip.
Additional Superintendent of Police Devendra Patidar informed reporters on Tuesday that the incident befell underneath Gandhwani police station space, about 70 km from the district headquarters, when the women and men returned to their villages.
According to the police, the girl had gone lacking from her home within the village in July this 12 months.
“Her family members were angry as she had eloped with a man. They suspected that another young woman (visible in the video) helped the woman to escape from her house,” Patidar mentioned.
Another official mentioned that after leaving their houses, the women and men left for Gujarat.
Later, the relations of the girl lodged a lacking grievance with the native police.
Police mentioned that after they returned within the second week of September, they had been punished for his or her act.
Patidar mentioned that after the video of the incident went viral on social media platforms on Tuesday, police registered a case towards 5 folks and arrested three of them.
Efforts are on to arrest the opposite two accused, he mentioned.
Case towards the accused underneath sections 354 (assault or legal pressure with intent to outrage lady’s modesty), 363 (kidnapping), 147 (rioting) and 294 (obscene act) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), and safety was recorded. Children from Sexual Offenses (POCSO) Act, he mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
