Ujjain, May 6 -- Seven people were detained in connection with an alleged sexual assault in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district, a police official informed on Tuesday.

The matter came to light after an alleged obscene video went viral in a village in the district on Monday, prompting the police to take an individual into custody. Later upon interrogation, six other accused were identified and detained.

Ujjain Superintendent of Police (SP) Pradeep Sharma told ANI, "Yesterday, we received information regarding a video of a girl going viral in a village in the district. With the help of the villagers, a main accused was taken into custody. Our cyber team along with seven other teams interrogated him and checked his mobile phone. On the basis ...