Rohtak, Feb. 23 -- Jind police have arrested a village sarpanch for allegedly raping a 25-year-old woman and recording the assault on his mobile phone. The police also apprehended a 29-year-old female government teacher for allegedly circulating the assault's video on social media.

The accused were identified as Surender, sarpanch of a village in Jind, and Reeman Nain, of Hisar, who was posted as a teacher at a government school. Both the accused were sent to judicial custody.

Talking to HT over the phone, Jind deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Jitender Singh said Reeman was sent to judicial custody after taking her on a two-day police remand for circulating the video.

The case date back to February 4 when the victim, who is a soci...