Rattled by the video of a college girl being molested by a group of hooligans on a road in broad daylight going viral on the social media and triggering shockwaves across the State, the district police swung into action on Sunday and nabbed four accused involved in the incident.
In his reaction to the incident, DGP Rajendra Prasad Sharma said the Padmapur police had formed two special teams and arrested six accused, who have been identified as Hotasan Hati, Ajit Barik, Jayaprakash Bhoi Umakanta Bhoi, Sahil Barik and Nutan Barik, all residents under the jurisdiction of the Paikmal police station.
Efforts were on by the special teams to arrest the other accused who were still at large, said Sharma.
He further said that three persons had molested the girl while one made the video viral which was shot in the first week of October 2017 when the girl was going with her boyfriend near a jungle area on the Padmapur-Paikamal police road.
Padmapur SDPO Laxminaryan Panda said that the police have identified the other accused and have also been on their track and more arrests were expected in course of the day. Earlier, district SP Jugal Kishor Kumar Banoth had ordered a probe into the incident.
Meanwhile, Women and Child Welfare Minister Prafulla Samal said the Government is very concerned about crimes against women and children and stringent action would be taken against the culprits in Bargarh.