This Article is From Jun 25, 2014

Video of Alleged Gang-Rape in Uttar Pradesh Shared on WhatsApp: Police

Video of Alleged Gang-Rape in Uttar Pradesh Shared on WhatsApp: Police
Muzaffarnagar: A young woman was allegedly gang-raped by eight men in western Uttar Pradesh who then forwarded a video of the assault on WhatsApp, the police said.

Four of the alleged rapists have been arrested; the others are missing.

The 20-year-old woman alleges that she was abducted in her village in Muzaffarnagar in August last year. She alleges that after she was raped, the men threatened her that if she complained to the police, they would post the video online.

She did not report the matter till yesterday after she discovered the video was being circulated through WhatsApp. The police say the video establishes the horrific assault, and that it is trying to stop the video from being circulated.
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