India, July 7 -- A disturbing video showing a woman assaulting her elderly mother-in-law while her own mother kept recording the incident has gone viral on social media, prompting police action and widespread outrage.

The assault took place on July 1 at a residence in Ghaziabad's Kavi Nagar area and was captured on CCTV camera. The minute-and-28-second-long footage, which surfaced online, begins with a verbal argument between two women and escalates into shocking violence.

The younger woman involved in the incident has been identified as Akanksha, a software engineer, and the elder one being assaulted is her mother-in-law, according to an NDTV report.

The techie was reportedly married to Antariksh, also a software engineer based in Gur...