Bengaluru, July 9 -- In an unexpected development, a video of a young woman pleading for help is going viral on social media platform Reddit, in which she asks for another video of her - filmed in Bengaluru - to be taken down from Instagram.

The young woman, a student in Bengaluru, found herself at the centre of a digital storm after a video of her, filmed without her knowledge or consent, was uploaded to Instagram and quickly went viral. The video triggered a wave of online harassment, with the woman receiving several messages - some of which were vulgar, she said.

According to the woman, the video was posted on a popular Instagram account that frequently shares candid street clips. The footage, which appeared to be taken in a public p...