Barwani, July 9 -- The Barwani district police have safely recovered a young woman who was seen being forcibly taken away on a motorcycle in a viral social media video, officials said on Thursday.

The incident, which took place in Jalgon village under the Rajpur police station area, came to light after a video of the broad-daylight abduction surfaced online. While no formal complaint was initially filed, the Rajpur police took suo motu cognisance of the footage and launched a search operation, eventually locating the woman in the Nihali area.

According to the victim's brother, the woman was previously in contact with a youth named Hukum. After performing marriage-like rituals according to social customs, she had even accompanied him to ...