A 30-year-old woman in Begusarai district, Bihar, has alleged that after being raped by a neighbor, she faced public humiliation rather than justice. According to her complaint, villagers caught the accused while he was allegedly trying to flee by breaking a window. They then convened a village panchayat and allegedly humiliated her in front of those present. A purported video showing the woman doing so went viral on social media. As per the FIR, lodged on Saturday (August 1, 2026), the mother of two children was allegedly raped twice on June 2 and 4, 2026, when her husband, who works as a laborer in another state, was away from the village. The woman lodged the complaint after her husband returned to the village on June 25. According to the complaint, the FIR was filed after the purported video of the incident went viral on social media, triggering widespread outrage. The complaint states that during the panchayat on July 5, 2026, she was asked to hold her ears and kneel, and was allegedly forced to lick her own spit after the village panchayat declared that it was all her fault. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Headquarters), Begusarai, Nikhil Kumar, said that police have lodged the FIR based on the complaint of the woman. The incident took place two months back, in which she has alleged that she was threatened by the accused and raped. When the accused was trying to flee the house by breaking the window, the villagers caught him. He further said that both the accused and the woman were subjected to humiliation. However, in the complaint, she has not mentioned the name of any individual. One video is getting viral on social media; police are trying to verify the authenticity of that video and investigation is underway. The incident took place under the jurisdiction of the Ballia police station. When contacted, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Ballia, Subodh Kumar, said one person, who is the son of a ward councillor, had been arrested in the case. According to police sources, the accused is known to the woman and is also a distant relative. The woman, identified as Ruchi (name changed), alleged that she was forced to lick sputum in front of a panchayat in a village under Balia police station limits in Bihar's Begusarai district. The woman, a mother of two, was allegedly raped by a co-villager. However, instead of treating her as a rape survivor, the local panchayat accused her of having an illicit relationship and allegedly coerced her into licking sputum. The incident dates back to June 5 but came to light after a video of the episode went viral on social media platforms on Saturday. Begusarai DSP (HQ) Nikhil Kumar said on Sunday that an FIR in the case was registered on July 31. "The veracity of the video is being examined. The rape accused is absconding. Police will take action against the guilty persons if the video is found to be genuine," he said. In the video, the woman can be seen holding her ears and being asked to kneel and lick sputum on an open ground in the presence of several villagers, none of whom appeared to object. Ruchi (name changed), in her complaint, alleged that Nitish, her neighbor, forcibly raped her at her house on the nights of June 2 and June 4. However, when the accused was fleeing her house after the alleged rape, some villagers saw him but held her responsible instead. Ruchi's husband works as a laborer in Tamil Nadu. She said she initially chose to remain silent but later informed her husband about the incident over the phone. Ruchi alleged that she was ordered to lick sputum in the presence of Sanjay Yadav, son of the local ward councillor, and Nitish's mother. She further alleged that police initially refused to register her FIR when she and her husband approached the local police station. According to her, the complaint was lodged only after the incident went viral on social media platforms. A video of the incident has gone viral, triggering outrage and prompting police to launch a probe into her allegation and the public humiliation. The incident took place in June, but it came to light only after the footage went viral on social media. According to an FIR lodged on August 1, a neighbor forcibly entered the woman's house on the night of June 2 and raped her after threatening her. She alleged that when the accused tried to flee through a window, villagers caught him, convened a panchayat and subjected both of them to public humiliation instead of informing the police. The video begins with the woman standing with her ears held as villagers surround her. She is then seen bending down and licking spit from the ground. The footage later cuts to a man, believed to be the rape accused, who is also made to hold his ears, apologize and lick spit before the gathering. The complaint was filed a day after the video first went viral on social media on July 31. Locals in the village, however, have presented a different version of events, claiming the woman and the accused were in a relationship and were caught in an objectionable situation. The FIR was filed after the purported video of the incident went viral on social media, triggering widespread outrage. The complaint states that during the panchayat on July 5, 2026, she was asked to hold her ears and kneel, and was allegedly forced to lick her own spit after the village panchayat declared that it was all her fault. The incident took place under the jurisdiction of the Ballia police station. When contacted, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Ballia, Subodh Kumar, said one person, who is the son of a ward councillor, had been arrested in the case. According to police sources, the accused is known to the woman and is also a distant relative.
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