Law student posts obscene video on WhatsApp group
Yogita.Rao@timesgroup.com
Mumbai:04.03.2021
A student from a leading south Mumbai law college posted an obscene video on a WhatsApp group created for coordination of online lectures. While immediate attempts were made to identify the student, the phone number could not be identified and others in the class could not establish the person’s identity too. Eventually, the number was blocked and a complaint submitted to the college principal who, in turn, sent a letter to Marine Drive police station seeking a probe.
After a month passed and the teachers began to moderate all online groups, the student allegedly started harassing a female classmate using the same number. The teachers have now written to the principal again seeking a complaint with the cyber cell, alleging no steps were taken to identify and penalise the student in the past.
The video, which outraged the modesty of women, was posted on the group on February 1. A teacher from the college said there has been a delay in action, both from the college’s side as well as the police. “If a person is not penalised for his actions, he is bound to repeat it,” said the teacher. While online classes have become a necessity in the pandemic, sharing of obscene content and abuses under the garb of anonymity have been a nightmare for teachers. “Many teachers still live with this fear every day. Colleges need to back teachers and take strict action against offenders to set an example,” said a teacher from another college.
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