New Delhi: A video purportedly showing a 16-year-old Dalit girl being beaten and molested in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi went viral on social media, leading to an outrage.
After the video went viral, the police have registered a case against the main accused Suraj Soni, Shubham alias Shakal and Rahul Soni.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday lashed out at the Yogi Adityanath government over the incident.
Attaching the video of the incident, Priyanka Gandhi tweeted, "If the criminals who committed this inhuman act are not caught within 24 hours, then the Congress will work to wake you up by vigorous agitation."
"This incident of ruthless thrashing of a Dalit girl in Amethi is condemnable. @MYOGIADITYANATH Sir on an average 34 crime incidents against Dalits take place every day under your rule and 135 against women, yet your law and order is sleeping," Priyanka Gandhi said.
One accused arrested
Amethi Deputy Superintendent of Police, Arpit Kapoor, said that one accused has been arrested in this case while police teams have been set up to nab the two other accused.
Arpit Kapoor said the video had gone viral on social media on December 27. Police contacted the girl and based on her father's complaint, a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was registered against accused, he said.
The video shows two men holding the girl while a third thrashes her with sticks in a room. The girl was reportedly accused of theft. Three women seen in the video are seen encouraging the men to beat the girl.