The video is said to be from Meghalaya's West Khasi Hills District, where people in huge numbers can be seen rushing to attend a fishing competition in Pamphyrnai, Ksehkohlong.
It was learnt that the young girl was attempting to cross the river, but failed to gauge the depth and current of the river. She was swept away by the strong currents and almost lost her life.
In a shameful incident, the police constable, identified as 50-year-old Shivesh Sen Gupta, was on night patrol duty when CCTV footage showed him stealing a sack of onions from a parked vehicle at a godown in ward 5 of Dhubri town.
Deputy Commissioner of East Jaintia Hills District, Abhilash Baranwal, on Tuesday expressed regrets over the misinformation in relation to a viral video about the incident which occurred at Wahiajer along the National Highway-6.
The husband of one of the two women paraded naked and molested by a group of men in Manipur, a Kargil war veteran, said he protected the country but could not save his wife from being humiliated.
CoTU had earlier served a 48-hour ultimatum to the Central government to book all the culprits involved in the parading of the Kuki-Zo women naked and repeatedly molested before committing the heinous crime of gang-raped on May 4.
