Apex Court Orders CBI Probe Into Sexual Violence Videos on WhatsApp

27 Feb, New Delhi

The Supreme Court Friday ordered CBI probe into uploading of sexual violence videos on WhatsApp.

The Apex Court asked CBI to register a case and immediately investigate a video that went viral on WhatsApp showing a group of men sexually assaulting two women begging and pleading the men to let them go.

The Court also sent a notice to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha and Delhi governments to look for the rapists in the video. The Court said that it is an extremely serious issue and of great public importance.

A Women’s rights activist had put the video on YouTube and Facebook earlier this month, asking viewers to help identify the alleged rapists. It is not known as to where the horrific crime took place and whether it was the same group of men who committed the two rapes.

The police have not yet filed any complaints since neither the women nor the rapists have been identified and no one has come forward to lodge a complaint in the two cases.