Girl arrested for leaking online private videos of hostel mates

CHANDIGARH: A girl, an inmate of the hostel has been arrested for circulating private videos of girls of her hostel mates online. The incident happened in Chandigarh University. After receiving a complaint on the visuals being circulated, the students raised slogans and protested in the university.

The girls complained that the girl arrested secretly recorded the visuals of the hostel toilet and circulated it on social media. The girl was later arrested by the Mohali police. On interrogation, the girl said that she recorded only her own visuals. However, the girls protesting said the visuals of 60 girls are there. The girls continue their protests in front of the university. Meanwhile, after the visuals were circulated, fake news started spreading that many girls tried to commit suicide. The police have denied this news. The fake news was by circulating a visual of a girl collapsing amidst the protest.

Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains appealed to the students to keep calm. No one guilty will be spared. It is a very sensitive matter and relates to dignity of our sisters and daughters, he said.