New Delhi: A 20-year-old man has allegedly committed suicide after a video of him being beaten up for harassing a girl surfaced online. The incident took place in Muzaffarnagar city of Uttar Pradesh. The deceased has been identified as Kapil Kumar. Also Read - #MeToo on Anurag Kashyap: Payal Ghosh Says ‘If I am Found Hanging, Don’t Consider it Suicide’

Station House Officer (SHO) Harsharan Sharma said that Kapil’s body was found hanging from the ceiling of a room in his house on Thursday. He was thrashed for allegedly harassing a girl and the video of him being beaten up was uploaded online by someone, police added. Also Read - Payal Ghosh Alleges 'Rape' in FIR Against Anurag Kashyap, Filmmaker To Appear For Interrogation

His family members have claimed that he was innocent and worried about the video, the SHO said. The matter is being investigated and a case registered at the New Mandi police station, he said. Also Read - Uttar Pradesh News: International Flights to Start From Kushinagar Airport by Diwali, Announces CM Yogi

Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court had issued a notice to the Registrar General of Madhya Pradesh High Court, following a plea filed by a former woman district judge. The woman had resigned after alleging that she was sexually harassed by a judge of the high court.

#Metoo Movement

Notably, the #MeToo campaign has caught on in the country with a lot of women speaking up about the harassment they faced at the workplace. Many prominent names from the entertainment industry and politics are coming under this campaign.

Minister of State for External Affairs MJ Akbar is also facing sexual harassment allegations by at least six women. He is not in India right now. Speculations are rife that the authorities had asked him to immediately return to India and clear the air over the allegations levelled against him amid the raging #MeToo movement.

Akbar, a senior journalist, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of 2014 general elections and was elected to the Rajya Sabha a year later. He was made the Minister of State for External Affairs in 2016. As many as six women journalists have called out Akbar, alleging sexual harassment at his hands. He has not yet responded to the allegations.

From the entertainment industry, the prominent names that have been taken are those of film director Vikas Behl, singer Kailash Kher and actor Alok Nath, Rajat Kapoor.

The latest accusation is against film producer Sajid Khan. Actress Saloni Chopra has accused Sajid of sexual harassment. In her long post for Medium, she has claimed that the filmmaker used to tell her how unattractive she was and how she didn’t have in her things needed to be an actress. She also alleged that the filmmaker used to tell her how his sex life with his then-girlfriend was so good. She also revealed the incident when Sajid asked her to lift up the skirt of an actress he was working with and when the actress herself complied to his demand, he told her how she didn’t have a** of an actress.