Two months after girl’s suicide, man accused of abetment arrested
Two months after a video of a 17-year-old girl sitting with two teenage boys from another community at a café went viral on social media, leading to her suicide, the Bareilly police have arrested a 25-year-old man named Nirdosh Rathore for abetment of her death. The accused was also accused of recording and circulating the video linked to the incident.
The girl's elder brother had alleged that the teenage boys had gangraped her and threatened her with serious consequences if she disclosed the incident. Police registered an FIR against eight people, including the two minors, and recovered two videos which showed the girl sitting at the café with the two boys and three men confronting and questioning the boys.
However, neither video showed any assault. The girl's family approached the police after the girl returned home and told her mother about the incident. Police are currently looking for the remaining two persons who accompanied Rathore to the café.
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