8 molesters strip minor, film vice in Jehanabad; 4 arrested

After a video went viral on the social media showing a teenage girl being molested and disrobed by a pack of youths in Bhartua village in Kako block of Jehanabad in Bihar, police swung into action and arrested four culprits on Monday.

At least eight youths molested and stripped the minor while a few of them merrily filmed the act on their smart phones. The girl was seen calling the molesters “brothers” and pleading with them to let her go.

Patna Zonal Inspector General of Police Nayyar Hasnain Khan said, “Four people have been arrested in connection with the case. Faces of two youths have been matched with people in the video and other two were making the clip. Other four to five people have been named by them. Search operation is underway.”

Earlier, after going through the video, police reached the spot and identified a motorbike with its registration number and arrested culprits.

A Special Investigation Team-led by Jehanabad SP has been constituted to arrest the other culprits,  said the Patna Zonal IGP on Monday.

The SIT has filed an FIR under Sections 376 (rape), 511 (punishment of offences punishable with life) of the IPC and Section 8 (sexual assault) of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO). The cyber-crime cell of the police has deleted the video from the social media.