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Bihar Police Arrest Four Over Minor Girl Harassment Video

By Drooid · Sep 25, 2026, 6:01 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Bihar police arrested four youths in Samastipur after a video showed a minor girl harassed at Jagat Singhpur.
Samastipur SP Arvind Pratap Singh said the incident happened about a week earlier on a road by a dam.
Police registered an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, POCSO Act and IT Act.
Authorities are searching for two more suspects, Devansh Sharma and Rahul Kumar.

History

Historical Context

After the 2012 Delhi gang-rape sparked the Justice Verma Committee, India Parliament passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act on 22 May 2012, replacing earlier reliance on the Goa Children’s Act 2003 and IPC provisions. The law’s child-friendly procedures now guide Bihar Police, whose Samastipur SP Arvind Pratap Singh arrested four youths under POCSO for harassing a minor near Jagat Singhpur dam.

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Story summary

Bihar police arrested four youths in Samastipur after a video showed a minor girl harassed at Jagat Singhpur.
Samastipur SP Arvind Pratap Singh said the incident happened about a week earlier on a road by a dam.
Police registered an FIR under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, POCSO Act and IT Act.
Authorities are searching for two more suspects, Devansh Sharma and Rahul Kumar.

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