India, Oct. 25 -- Eight intoxicated men allegedly gang raped a newly-married 19-year-old woman and filmed the assault after tying her husband to a tree at a popular picnic spot at Bhairav Baba in Madhya Pradesh's Rewa, police said on Friday.

The incident came to light when police arrested five of the accused. The Opposition Congress alleged police hid the matter for four days as a regional industry conclave was being held in Rewa.

Police maintained the matter was not reported immediately as the accused threatened to post the video of the sexual assault on social media if the woman did so. "They [the couple] had gone for a picnic on October 21 afternoon when the eight drunk accused attacked the couple. They tied the man with a tree and f...