After Jamui, another minor girl molested in Bihar’s Samastipur
Following a public outcry over a similar incident in Jamui, Samastipur police in Bihar arrested four individuals within six hours after a video circulated showing a minor girl being molested. Authorities registered a case under the BNS, POCSO, and IT Acts.
Why it matters
The swift police response highlights growing legal enforcement against crimes targeting minors in the region following viral social media evidence.
After the Jamui incident in which a minor girl and boy were harassed and sexually assaulted, another shocker has come from Samastipur district, in which a minor girl was molested.
In the 59-second video, the minor girl was seen trying hard to get rid of the molesters, but they continue to pull and touch her forcefully and even drag her in the other direction.
The incident took place near the Budhi Gandak River bypass embankment, within the jurisdiction of the Karpurigram police station.
Samastipur Superintendent of Police (SP) Arvind Pratap issued a press statement on Thursday (September 24, 2026) saying that on the evening of September 23, 2026, during social media monitoring, it came to notice that a video was rapidly circulating across various social media platforms, showing three to four individuals behaving indecently with a girl.
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