RAPE ON FOOTPATH IN BROAD DAYLIGHT SPARKS OUTRAGE

A purported video, shared widely on social media in which a woman is being raped on a public footpath in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district has triggered outrage and a war of words between Congress and the ruling BJP.

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As per police, the crime took place under the jurisdiction of Kotwali police on September 4 and the incident was recorded by passersby on their phone cameras.

Following the complaint of the woman, police arrested the accused on the same day and the accused was produced before the court on the following day from where he was sent to jail, a police officer said.

“On September 4 at around 3:30 pm, a woman came to the Kotwali police station and reported that she had been raped. Immediately a woman officer was called and her story was heard and an FIR was registered after informing the senior officers. In the FIR, the woman revealed the name of the accused Lokesh,” City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Om Prakash Mishra told ANI.