Police probing video showing woman chained at rehab centre

After video of a woman inmate of a city-based rehabilitation centre, showing her semi-nude with chains around her legs, went viral on the social media, Cyberabad police here today launched a probe.

Preliminary investigation revealed that there was no sexual abuse, contrary to media reports, and the woman seems to be mentally ill, the police said.

Authorities of `Aaaram Ghar' rehabilitation centre, run by an NGO, claimed that they sometimes chained her to "scare and bring her under control" when she became violent and attacked the staff, and freed her immediately after she calmed down, the police said.

The woman, in her 30s, has been staying at the centre for the past three years. She was admitted there after Mailardevpally police in the city spotted her roaming on the streets in 2014, inspector P Jagadeeshwar said.

Police are verifying if the video which went viral was authentic, he added.

"Based on the outcome of investigation we will register a case," he told

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