A video of a woman being sexually assaulted in a California supermarket has gone viral. Los Angeles Police has sought help by releasing CCTV footage to identify the accused. People are speculating that the accused is of Asian origin.
AThe Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department in America has released a shocking video. Police have appealed to the public for help in identifying the person seen in the video. This video is from a ‘Whole Foods’ grocery store in Valencia, California, in which a man is seen doing a disgusting act with a woman who is shopping. After the video went viral, many people are claiming that the accused is an Indian.
sexual harassment in supermarket
In the video, it is seen that a woman is leaning and looking at the goods from the supermarket rack. Then a man wearing a blue shirt and blue pants comes near her and tries to touch his private parts near the woman’s head. Suddenly seeing someone so close to her, the woman gets shocked and turns back. By then the person starts behaving as if he too is watching the same thing. After this the woman gets up and leaves from there.
This incident happened last week. When no information was found about the accused, the police released the video. Police have appealed to the people that if anyone recognizes this person then they should immediately inform. This video of the store’s CCTV has gone viral on social media, after which people are expressing their anger.
Accused of being of Asian origin
According to KTLA report, police reached the store after receiving a complaint of sexual harassment, but by then the accused had fled from there. Police say that the accused is around 30 years old, his hair is black and his eyes are brown. The Sheriff Department said that his height is about 6 feet 1 inch and his weight is around 100 kg.
The incident happened on March 23 at the Valencia store. Whole Foods said in a statement that they are concerned about the incident and that customer safety is their first priority. At the same time, after the video went viral, people on social media are calling the accused of Asian, Indian or Pakistani origin. Some people also targeted him by calling him an immigrant.