The Bengaluru police Tuesday booked an Instagram person who allegedly secretly filmed ladies on Metro trains with out their consent and posted the movies on-line. Lokesh B Jagalasar, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Wednesday instructed the media {that a} case has been registered and efforts have been made to nab the accused.
The account, named Bangalore Metro Clicks (@metro_chicks), has over 6,000 followers, whereas its linked Telegram channel Speedy_Weedy123 has 1,188 subscribers. The Instagram web page hosted 13 movies, with feedback disabled, and deleted all of the posts after it was referred to as out on social media. The Telegram channel isn’t presently accessible.
Many clips posted by the account featured captions like “discovering lovely women on Namma Metro” and confirmed ladies being adopted and recorded with out their data. The police took motion after an X person flagged the Instagram account, tagging the Bengaluru police.
“There’s a pervert travelling in @OfficialBMRCL bengaluru metro trains and capturing movies of girls secretly and sharing on instagram. Please discover him and punish him…” the put up by the X person learn.
The put up rapidly gained traction, main customers to tag legislation enforcement, neighborhood teams, and influencers to lift consciousness and demand accountability.
“As a lady who makes use of the metro every single day, that is completely horrifying to me! @OfficialBMRCL please take word!” wrote one person.
One other person stated, “What is occurring right here? There may be actually no place protected anymore.”
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BJP MP P C Mohan on X stated, “An Instagram account is secretly filming ladies on Namma Metro, and shockingly, 5,000 persons are following it. It’s a blatant violation of privateness and dignity, not simply creepy however a critical crime. @BlrCityPolice , take rapid motion.”
The Banashankari police filed the case underneath Part 67 (publishing, transmitting, or inflicting the publication or transmission of obscene materials in digital kind) of the Info Expertise (IT) Act and Part 78 (2) (stalking) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
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