Sex assault video lands 3 Indian men in prison

The police in India have arrested three men after a video emerged showing them assaulting two women in broad daylight as a dozen others looked on and ignored their screams for help, police said on Monday.

The blurry video aired by Indian television showed the men groping and pushing the women in Uttar Pradesh state as onlookers laughed and filmed the assault, later posting it on social media.

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Mohammad Tariq, a senior Rampur police official, told newsmen that; “We have arrested three of the main culprits and expect to get the fourth one shortly.”

One of the victims told India’s NDTV network they begged the men to stop and called for help.
“But nobody came, rather some more men came and joined the others in harassing us,” she said, covering her face with a scarf to hide her identity.

Reports say the incident took place last week in a remote village in Rampur district when the men surrounded the two women, whose ages and identities have not been revealed.

 

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