Telangana News

To the shock of many, Bengaluru police is now claiming that they had not found any evidence or received any formal complaints of sexual assault at a New Year’s Eve celebration.

City Police Commissioner Praveen Sood said that they had gone through hours of CCTC footage from the night in Bengaluru and had found no evidence to back up the reports.

“We started looking into the whole video footage from approximately 45-60 cameras. It takes time, the whole team was looking at the camera footage and looking for molestation in the video. We could not find any sign of molestation,” Sood said.

The media reports featured testimony and photos of victims cowering from their attackers or fleeing for safety, while video footage circulated on the social media showed women screaming for help.

Sood also added that the police have referred to the interviews and social media accounts of eyewitnesses and women who were allegedly molested to file 6 separate cases.

Few women who were participating in the new year celebrations in Bengaluru, were allegedly molested in the mob and regarding this, even few pictures were out into the media. The issue has gone viral across the country.