Woman gang-raped in UP; case filed ''only after video goes viral''

Banda, November 2

A woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Chitrakoot district was allegedly gang-raped by six men who filmed it and posted the clip online, with the survivor claiming that police filed a case only after the video went viral.

The incident happened in Mau police station area on Monday, while police said they filed a case on Friday evening.

The woman was going to a relative’s place along with a family member when she was stopped midway. The men tied up the family member to a tree and raped the woman, said Arun Pathak, station officer of Mau.

The 14-second clip of the incident is of October 28, he confirmed, adding that a case had been filed against six men and the woman sent for medical examination.

The woman said when she went to the same police to file a complaint, she was scolded and asked to leave.

After the clip went viral, she met the SP and only then a case was registered, she claimed. PTI