Police claim that three male students videotaped a 19-year-old woman changing her clothes in the restroom of the city-based institute where they all attend classes, and then attempted to extort money from her by threatening to share the footage. According to the police, they have detained one of the accused and are looking for the other two. The victim and the accused both attend classes at the city’s Industrial Training Institute (ITI), which is located in the Govindpura district. An official stated that the group had videotaped the female student on September 17 while she was getting dressed in the institute’s restroom following attendance at a Vishwakarma Jayanti activity.
“One of the victim’s friends was shown the video by the accused, who then demanded Rs 7,000 from her and threatened to make the video go viral on social media if she didn’t comply. As soon as the victim learned of this, she fled her home in a panic “Ajay Nayar, the in-charge of the Piplani Police Station, cited the complaint.
Later, the girl’s family members went to the police station and filed a report of a missing person. The victim was later discovered by the police during a check at the Bhopal train station, he claimed. According to Nayar, the case was subsequently transferred to the Ashok Garden police station, whose jurisdiction includes the institute. In charge of Ashoka Garden police station According to Alok Shrivastava, a case was filed against the three male students under the appropriate provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Information Technology (IT) Act based on the victim’s complaint.
He added that the victim and the accused both attend the same university and that one of the accused has been detained and two other absconding students are being sought after. According to Shrivastava, the case is still under investigation.
