Chandigarh hostel row: Police, university administration dismiss claims of objectionable videos

CHANDIGARH: Indian police have arrested a girl and her boyfriend on charges of voyeurism – following the provocation at Chandigarh University – and said “the suspect’s phone was used to record his own videos.” Also, no video has been received or sent.”

According to NDTVThe University of Punjab in Mohali sparked protests after rumors that a girl had made 60 controversial videos of hostel girls to compromise them. The news caused panic among the new students who did not know each other.

After the outrage on social media, the Punjab Police formed a special investigation team to investigate the matter. Chief Minister Punjab also ordered a high-level investigation.

The university’s pro-chancellor Dr RS Bawa issued a statement today rejecting the allegations and said: “The rumor doing the rounds in the media that 60 objectionable MMS of students have been found… is completely false and It is baseless”.

“So far, in our investigation, we have found that there is only one video of the accused himself, he has not recorded any video of anyone else,” Mohali police chief Vivek Soni said. said

It is learned that the girl had shared the clip with her boyfriend from Himachal Pradesh, whose role is also under investigation.

According to senior Punjab police officer Gurpit Dev, the police have questioned 50-60 women living in the same hostel but most of them are newcomers and do not know each other.

“I want to make it clear that the students are happy now that their concerns have been addressed. The students need clarification on whether the suspect had videos of other girls on his phone,” she said. Prima facie, we have not found any such video,” he said.

Further investigation will be carried out by the police, as the area around the bathroom is also being checked for hidden cameras and the suspect’s phone has been sent for forensic tests, which will in any case look for deleted videos. can recover

Ms. Dev added: “Even though the girl was sharing her video which you can say is a private matter between a boy and a girl, what if tomorrow that young man misuses the video? Earlier. Also, we have handled cases where such videos have gone viral on social media.”

The matter came to light when three or four female students/hostelers claimed to have seen the suspect taking photos from under the door in the common washroom, leading to a series of provocative protests in the university. .