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Supreme Court Orders CBI to Probe Gang-Rape Videos Shared on Social Media


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New Delhi, Feb 27: In videos that were circulated on messaging service WhatsApp until recently, two women were seen being gang-raped by men who even smiled for the camera. The Supreme Court today ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a case and immediately investigate the videos that have fuelled revulsion and outrage.

 

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"It is a serious issue and something needs to be done. It is quite clear this issue is extremely serious and of great public importance," the court said today, and issued notice to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Delhi to look for the rapists in the video.

A Hyderabad-based activist, Sunitha Krishnan, uploaded the videos on YouTube earlier this month, asking viewers to help identify the rapists in what she called the #ShameTheRapistCampaign. But the videos, believed to be six months old, were removed by YouTube, which said "it violates terms of service."

No arrests have been made so far, even though the men can be clearly seen in the footage. Since the launch of Ms Krishnan’s campaign, there have reportedly been some inputs on how the videos were filmed and at least one definite clue on the accused.

Ms Krishnan was gang-raped by eight men when she was 15. She said an acquaintance alerted her to one of the videos after receiving them on WhatsApp.

"10 seconds into the video, I was overcome. I had to stop as I needed to throw up," she had told NDTV.

"People don’t come forward when it comes to helping in getting the perpetrators arrested," she added.

Determined to try and change that, she asked her husband, a filmmaker, to edit the video to protect the rape victim’s identity and highlight the faces of the men who assaulted her.


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