22 September,2026 09:18 AM IST | Jamui | Agencies
A mob seen thrashing the teenage boy; (right) the teenage girl was groped by the mob in the middle of the road. pics/Screengrabs/X/@theindianidiot
Police in Bihar's Jamui district on Monday arrested three persons while a search was on for others allegedly involved in the harassment of a boy and a girl by a roadside, a video of which has triggered outrage on social media.
Jamui SP Bishwajeet Dayal said the incident took place on September 19 evening and a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by a woman officer, was conducting raids to arrest all the culprits. "An SIT headed by Sub-Divisional Police Officer Deepti Monali has been set up. The accused have not been named by the victims in the FIR lodged at Jamui police station, but we have identified around seven perpetrators with the help of the video clip. Three persons have been arrested, and raids are being conducted to nab the others," Dayal said.
LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. FILE PIC
The FIR has been lodged under the POCSO Act and relevant sections of the BNS, and steps have been initiated for the "takedown of the video," the SP said. The video, which purportedly shows the two being harassed by a group of people, has drawn criticism on social media as well as from political leaders.
In a post on X, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi described the incident as "deeply disturbing." "This is not culture, patriarchy," Gandhi said, alleging that "andhbhakts" were responsible for such attitudes being "normalised."
The Congress leader demanded that the persons identified in the video be "prosecuted under POCSO" and asked the BJP-led government in the state "why a girl is not safe on a public road."
RJD working president Tejashwi Yadav, who is the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, blamed the incident on Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary without naming him and referred to him as "nausikhiya" (inept).
Yadav also held Prime Minister Narendra Modi "solely responsible" for the "anarchy in Bihar," and alleged that JD(U) president Nitish Kumar, the former chief minister, was "made to pack his bags within four months of getting a fresh mandate by offering doles to the state's women."
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