A video of a boy and a girl being stopped and harassed on a Jamui roadside spread across social media after the incident on September 19, prompting a swift police response.
Shravan Kumar, Bihar’s Rural Development Minister, told reporters in Patna that the case was a "sporadic incident" and that three suspects had already been booked.
The police have identified four more alleged participants and are conducting a search, while a formal FIR remains pending from the victim’s family.
Shreyasi Singh, the state minister for Women and Child Development, slammed opposition leaders for politicising the tragedy and reiterated that the administration will apply strict legal provisions against those involved.
Opposition figures such as Rahul Gandhi and Tejashwi Yadav have called for prosecution under POCSO, accusing the government of failing to protect public safety.
The investigation is now in the stage of locating the remaining suspects, with authorities pledging to bring them to justice within the next 48 hours.