A special investigation team (SIT) has been formed by the Bihar government after a video showing two minors being allegedly harassed by a group in Jamui surfaced on social media.
Singh said the incident should send a wider message that such acts would not be tolerated by the Bihar government.
“While the victims did not name the alleged perpetrators in the first information report (FIR) registered at Jamui police station, police have identified around seven people from the video.
Jamui MP Arun Bharti said the SIT headed by Sub-Divisional Police Officer Deepti Monali had been formed to probe the incident. Three have been arrested and raids are underway to trace the others,” Bharti said.
Bihar sports minister and Jamui BJP MLA Shreyasi Singh criticised the incident and rejected the justification of such behaviour under the garb of “moral policing”. “Unfortunately, there are some unsocial elements of the criminal mindset and even today, in the name of moral policing, these kinds of incidents are brought to the forefront,” Singh said. She said the Jamui administration acted after the incident came to its notice through social media and expressed hope that those yet to be arrested would soon face prosecution under the POCSO Act.
