"An Indian woman in the southern state of Kerala was arrested on Wednesday amid an investigation into the suicide of a man she accused of sexual misconduct in a viral video online. The case has evoked strong responses on both sides and a debate on the dangers of so-called "trial by social media" or by media more generally. Local police launched a case on Monday investigation possible abetment of suicide. The Kerala state Human Rights Commission also ordered a police probe into the incident."
"The 35-year-old woman posted a video online, which attracted more than 2 million views before she removed it from public availability, in which she said the man "deliberately touched me without my consent" on a public bus. She accused him of touching her breast with his elbow. "This was not an accident or a misunderstanding. It was a clear violation of my sexual boundaries," she said in the video."
The 35-year-old woman posted a video claiming a 42-year-old man deliberately touched her breast with his elbow on a public bus. The video gained over two million views before she removed it. Two days after publication, the man's parents found him hanging; his mother said he had not eaten for two days and died by suicide the day after his birthday. Local police opened an investigation into possible abetment of suicide and the Kerala Human Rights Commission ordered a police probe. The accuser later posted and then privatized a second video and faced intense, often critical public commentary.
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