The Uttar Pradesh police has successfully arrested four prime accused in the shocking Rampur molestation case in which about 14 people were involved, while a massive manhunt is underway to nab the remaining absconding perpetrators.
While three men were arrested by Sunday night, the fourth was nabbed on Monday.
A video clip of two girls being molested openly by a group of young men had recently set the social media on fire.
That incident took place on May 22 in Uttar Pradesh’s Rampur district when a group of men accosted two women on a deserted road. The incident was caught in a video which went viral, shows a man pulling the dupatta of one of the women and picking her up. It shows the other men also molesting the woman. The second woman pleads the men to let them go but they refuse to do so. Besides manhandling and molesting the girls, the boys were laughing and making jokes the whole time, while the distraught girls kept on begging to be spared.
“All the four prime accused have been arrested. Till Sunday night, the police had arrested three. The search is on. Our four teams are out in search of the others accused,” said Rampur Superintendent of Police (SP) Vipin Tanda.
Police officials also said that while no complaint has been filed by the victims, police has taken suo moto cognisance of the matter and lodged the FIR against Farman, Jahan-e-Alam, Saddam and others, all residents of Kuva Kheda village of Rampur.
The police have filed an FIR under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) based on the video. The FIR was filed under IPC sections 354A (sexual harassment), 354B (assault or use of criminal force on a woman with intent to disrobe) and the Information Technology Act at Tanda police station.
