India arrests four over New Year attack on woman in tech hub


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  • Thursday, 05 Jan 2017

Two men on a scooter assault a woman, attempting to take off her clothes and pushing her to the ground before leaving, in Bengaluru, India, in this still image taken from January 1, 2017 CCTV footage. Local Resident CCTV footage/via Reuters TV

BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian police have arrested four men accused of attacking a woman in the technology hub city of Bengaluru on New Year's Day, a case that has sparked a national debate about women's safety.

Police made the arrests after examining closed-circuit camera footage of the attack as the woman walked down a secluded lane in a residential area in the early hours of Jan. 1, police commissioner Praveen Sood told reporters on Thursday.

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