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Dimapur, May 27 (EMN): A shocking and disturbing video of a young girl being brutally tortured has caused outrage among the citizens, civil organisations, and police alike, triggering a hunt to catch the culprits.
Five persons, including a woman were seen brutally torturing the young girl in the video that has gone viral on social media.
A police investigation is said to be underway.
Assam Police on Wednesday announced reward for information of the five culprits and shared their images taken from the video via screenshots.
“These images are of 5 culprits who are seen brutally torturing and violating a young girl in a viral video. The time or place of this incident is not clear.
Anyone with information regarding this crime or the criminals may please contact us. They will be rewarded handsomely,” read the tweet by Assam Police.
The Kaur Movement has also taken to its Instagram page to announce reward for any information about the culprits.
It announced that anyone providing information about the culprits would be rewarded INR 2 lakh and INR 10 lakh for the identity of all the culprits. It also announced an additional reward of 1000 dollars to anyone who can identify the woman. (https://www.instagram.com/thekaurmovement/?hl=en)
The Kaur Movement also appealed to the people not to share the disturbing video but share only the photos of the culprits.
Meanwhile, police have confirmed that the viral video is not linked to the alleged suicide case of the Naga woman in Jodhpur on May 23.
Additional Director General of Police, Delhi Police and Special Commissioner, Robin Hibu informed in a social media post that they were trying to identify the girl who has been assaulted, and also the perpetrators for further action.
He stated that the video is not related to the Naga girl suicide case at Jodhpur. 'The sister of the dead girl and police has verified the video; it is not the suicide girl who is in the video,' he confirmed, adding that he had spoken to DCP Jodhpur on the same.
He went on to inform that he had already informed the Gujarat police, Mizoram police and Rajasthan police regarding the case.
Youth Affairs and Sports minister Kiren Rijiju, who is also the Union Minister of State for Ministry of AYUSH, also took to Twitter to clarify that the viral video is not connected to the death of the Naga girl in Jodhpur.
“The viral video of a girl from North-East being brutally raped and tortured by 4 men and 1 woman is not related to the Jodhpur suicide case. I had a detailed discussion with the Police Commissioner of Jodhpur. However, there must be all-out efforts by all State Police to catch the devils,” he wrote.