Chandigarh University row: After a preliminary investigation, police arrested a woman student, while a youth, stated to be her boyfriend, was held in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Read to know top developments.
Highlights
- Massive protests broke out in Chandigarh university over a hosteller recording 'obscene' videos
- Police nabbed two in the case - the girl hosteller, and her boyfriend from Shimla
- University said allegations "false and baseless"; students said CU is 'suppressing facts'
Chandigarh University row | Massive protests broke out at Chandigarh University Saturday night, which continued Sunday over allegations that objectionable videos of several women students were recorded by a hosteller. Students, parents and youth of the city, fearing for their own 'safety' on campus, took to the streets of campus to protest against the college administration.
After a preliminary investigation, police arrested a woman student, while a youth, stated to be her boyfriend, was held in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.
Punjab's Additional Director General of Police, Gurpreet Deo, who reached the Chandigarh University campus to take stock of the situation after the Saturday night protests, told reporters that the woman student appeared to have shared a video of herself with the youth and no objectionable video of any other student was found.
What happened at the University
A girl student from the university was caught red-handed making videos of 60 other girls, who were bathing. Another student from the university allegedly posted the videos on YouTube. As per reports, the girl student who shot the videos is from Mohali, and she sent the video to a friend living in Shimla. The videos soon went viral, and one of the girl students who were in the video also tried to commit suicide.
Briefing reporters at the university campus, ADGP Deo, who is also holding the charge of women and child affairs, said many rumours about the case were circulating on various social media platforms.
"There are 4,000 girl students who live in the hostel. One has been arrested by police. Her phone has been taken into police possession and state cyber crime is conducting its analysis".
Deo said that three to four girl students spotted the accused student in the common washroom where she was taking some pictures with her phone "which they thought she was taking from underneath the bathroom door... They then reported the matter to the warden and subsequently the police were informed".
In a video that surfaced on social media, a few students were purportedly seen confronting the student who is accused of making the videos. Referring to a video of a student being taken in an ambulance, the SSP Soni said she had some anxiety problems and was fine.
Replying to a question on the hostel warden, the SSP said she
questioned the woman student, who was later arrested, to find
information on whether she had made a video of any other student.
Notably, in a video, the warden is purportedly seen asking the woman
student, “Who told you to record the video?..You will be suspended".
Source: https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/chandigarh-university-video-row-hosteller-boyfriend-held-amid-heavy-protests-cm-orders-probe-top-points-2022-09-18-809437
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