In a shocking incident, a woman was raped on a footpath in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district. Instead of intervening, passersby filmed the crime on their phones and posted the video on social media.
The woman later filed an FIR against the accused, leading to his arrest.
The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon in the Koyla Phatak area.
A woman was raped in broad daylight on the streets of Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, while bystanders filmed instead of helping. Where are we headed as a society?
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Om Prakash Mishra, Ujjain’s City Superintendent of Police (CSP), stated, “Yesterday (Thursday) around 3:30 pm, a woman came to the police station and reported being raped. A woman officer was immediately called, her statement was taken, and an FIR was registered after informing senior officers.”
The police said that the woman identified a man named Lokesh as the suspect in her complaint. “A team was immediately assembled and sent to locate Lokesh. We apprehended him within two hours of filing the FIR,” said Mishra.
Lokesh was taken to the police station and, during questioning, confessed to the crime.
The victim was medically examined and Lokesh was presented before the court, which sent the accused to judicial custody.
The police have alleged that the accused “promised to marry the victim, made her drink liquor, and then raped her on Wednesday.”
