The Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday arrested two men in connection with a video that has gone viral in Unnao city. The video clip shows three men molesting a woman.

The arrested men have been identified as Rahul and Akash. The police are looking for the third accused.

The woman was allegedly taken from her home to a secluded forest area in order to molest her. In the footage, the victim can be seen pleading the accused, "Bhaiyya aisa mat karo (Brother, don't do it)."

Talking to ANI earlier in the day, the Superintendent of Police, North Unnao, Anoop Singh said, "A video from Unnao in which three men are molesting a woman has gone viral. We are trying to find the source of the video. Our team is working on it. Once we identify the accused strictest action will be taken against them."

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The investigation is underway.

Earlier in a separate case, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly gangraped by her friend and his two acquaintances in Nawabganj, a police official said on Friday,.

The victim had on Thursday gone to meet Sidharth Diwedi (18) when he along with Harshit Tewari (19) and Pawan (19) dragged her to a nearby forest and allegedly raped her, SP (west) Sanjiv Saran said.

They gagged the girl with a piece of cloth to prevent her from raising an alarm and fled the scene afterwards, leaving her in a critical condition, the SP added. She was spotted by locals and admitted to a hospital.

The police have registered a case under relevant sections of POCSO Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

Two of the accused, Diwedi and Tewari, both residents of Gangaghat, Unnao were arrested today while the search for the third accused is on, the SP said.