Four people were arrested in Uttar Pradesh’s Agra for allegedly molesting a woman and a minor girl inside a moving bus on Monday.
An alert on social media helped police act swiftly, officials said, as per news agency PTI.
Police received the information at 12:27 am on April 27. The bus was travelling from Kanpur to Ahmedabad and was nearing Namner crossing in Agra.
Police said the alert was picked up by their social media monitoring team, which immediately informed Rakabganj police station.
Following the alert, police teams carried out intensive checking at Namner crossing and intercepted the bus as it reached the spot.
The four accused were arrested on the spot, and legal proceedings were initiated against them, the statement said.
This incident highlights the importance of social media in helping authorities tackle such cases. In similar cases, Raipur police registered an FIR over sustained online harassment of a social activist and his family on X.
Police verified the complaint and found it to be true. An FIR was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Section 296.
Delhi Police also arrested a man for allegedly harassing over 150 women through fake social media accounts and virtual WhatsApp numbers in 2022.
