Nabarangpur: The accused in Nabarangpur viral video case was arrested by police from Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday night.
He has been identified as Jagannath Gouda and a case under Section 376 and other Sections of the IPC registered against him. He will be court-forwarded after medical examination. .
“Gouda was in a relationship with the minor girl for the last two years. He video-recorded some intimate moments with the girl and circulated the same on social media without her knowledge. After the matter came to the light, the victim’s family members arranged her marriage with another youth. But Jagannath insisted on marrying her and sent the video clip to the youth with whom her marriage was fixed,” Umerkote SDPO Hemant Kumar Padhi said.
After the video went viral, the girl committed suicide by hanging herself from a tree near Mundagaon village under Jharigaon block of the district on April 30, Padhi added.
