Pramesh Jain
The East Division police of Ramamurthynagar police on Thursday arrested a group of six persons including two woman who brutally tortured and violated a woman reportedly hailing from Bangladesh and recorded the video before circulating it among their friends in West Bengal and Assam.
The incident took place in Bengaluru almost six days ago.
A gut-wrenching video of the attack,which was circulated on social media,has generated immense outrage.
By following the chain of forwards,they were able to trace the origin of the video to a cell phone number in Bengaluru.
The Bengaluru city police were alerted and special teams were formed to trace the perpetrators within hours, tracked down the gang on Thursday evening.
They were arrested from a rented house at Avalahalli,Ramamurthynagar.The arrested men are reportedly labourers.
The accused perpetrators has been identified as,Sagar,Mohammed Baba Sheikh,Ridoy Babu and Hakeel all resident of Avalahalli hailing from Bangladesh.
Senior officer told reporters,we received a alert from Assam and West Bengal police regarding the horrific incident took place as the video went viral prompting the Assam and West Bengal police to initiate investigation and later the it was traced the source of the video to the Bengaluru city.
Based on the alert from the Assam police, Bengaluru city police Commissioner,Kamal Pant immediately rushed to Ramamurthynagar police station along with Addl CP East,S Murugan in the evening to take stock of the situation and collected all information from DCP East,Dr.SD Sharanappa.
The special teams were formed to nab the perverts who has made the video viral and based on their pictures which went viral the team traced their location and nabbed all the five member gang from a house in Avalahalli area.
The arrested accused identified Sagar, Mohammed Baba Sheikh, Ridoy Babu and Hakeel .
Initial probe revealed that the girl had some financial dispute with the accused and escaped.
The accused traced the victim and tortured her brutally and violated her before circulating the video.
The six perverts accused brutalized the women and even videographed the whole crime in their mobile phone and circulated it among their friends in Assam and West Bengal.
A official release by the Bengaluru Police,said,Based on a video clip,where in one woman was subjected to physical abuse and torture by a group of people,six culprits including a woman,visible in the clip were immediately traced and secured by Ramamurthynagar Police.
On the basis of the contents in the video clip and facts as disclosed during preliminary interrogation of the secured persons,a Suo Motto case of rape,assault and under other relevant provisions of law,has been registered against the accused in Ramamurthy Nagar Police Station.
The Bengaluru police said the woman is currently in another state and a team has been sent to trace her.Once she is back,her statement will be recorded before a magistrate.
As per the information revealed so far,all of them are part of same group and believed to be from Bangladesh.
Due to financial differences,culprits brutalized the victim,who is also said to be a Bangladeshi, brought to India for human trafficking.
Investigation is being carried out in full earnestness,under the close supervision
of senior officers a official release said.
