Woman forced to pose for obscene photos in Jharkhand

September 26, 2018 12:20 am | Updated 12:20 am IST - Jamshedpur

A group of men had allegedly forced a woman to pose for obscene photographs in a video after taking her husband hostage near the Virajpur railway station in Seraikela-Kharswan district of Jharkhand, the police said.

The incident occurred when the couple was returning home from work on September 15. A group of six or seven men had accosted them and tried rape her after taking her husband hostage. As the woman started screaming, the men took her to a nearby bush and forced her to pose for obscene photographs in a video.

The men had also threatened the couple to make the video viral if they approached the police.

On the basis of the victim’s statement, the police have identified one accused who was named in the FIR.

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