A 20-year-old woman was allegedly abducted, sexually assaulted and paraded on the street by her acquaintances in Delhi's Shahdara area. Police said that the incident took place on Wednesday afternoon and the accused also allegedly chopper off the victim's hair and was forced to wear a garland of chappals around her neck over personal enmity.

The Delhi Commission for Woman (DCW) said they have also sent a notice to the Delhi Police seeking strict action against the accused after several videos of the incident went viral on social media platforms.

In a purported video, the woman can be seen paraded by the locals including women who abused the victim and make her parade the street while others can also be heard whistling in the background. She can also be seen wearing a garland of chappals around her neck.

Taking to Twitter, the Delhi Commission for Woman Chairperson Swati Maliwal said that she is issuing a notice to Delhi Police in connection with the incident, demanded arrest of culprits and security for the victim's.

She also met the victim and tweeted "A 20-year-old girl was gang-raped by illegal liquor sellers, made her bald, wore a garland of slippers and turned her face black in the entire area. I am issuing notice to Delhi Police. All criminal men and women should be arrested and the girl and her family should be given security”

Meanwhile, the police has denied any allegations of gang rape and said that the  woman was sexually assaulted by her acquaintances who are also her neigbhours over "personal enmity".

Police said they received a call at 1:18 on Wednesday from locals about the woman.

The woman was at her husband’s house in Anand Vihar when the accused, who live near her mother’s place allegedly abducted her.

In her complaint to police, the victim alleged that she was abducted by the acquaintances who live near her mother’s place. They took her to their house where they allegedly thrashed her. She has also alleged that they sexually assaulted her,  chopped off her hair and forcefully made her wear a garland chappals. They then humiliated her in public by parading her, a senior police officer said.

"Teams were rushed to the spot where we found out that a group of people were parading a woman on the streets and were beating her up. The woman was forced to wear a garland of slippers and had black stains on her face. We rescued the woman took her to the police station, she is being counselled. We contacted her family members as well. They alleged that she was abducted from her house." said a senior police official

"The motive behind the incident is not clear but as per preliminary investigation, it has came to notice that the victim shared friendship with a boy from the family of the accused. The boy committed suicide in November last year and his family is now blaming the victim and accused her that it was because of her that their son committed suicide. And to take revenge fromher, they allegedly abducted her and wanted to teach her a lesson," he said.

"Police rescued the victim from the house of the accused. We have registered the FIR under relevant sections of Indian Penal Code. We have arrested four accused person who all are from the same family. The victim was given counselling and medical aid as well," said R. Sathiyasundaram, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Shahdara district.

All the allegations levelled by both the parties are being verified and investigation is underway in the matter, he said.

Taking to Twitter, the DCP also tweeted about the incident saying "An unfortunate incident of sexual assualt on a woman due to personal enmity happened in Shahdara District....Police has nabbed four accused and probe is on. All possible help and counselling is being provided to the victim."