A Delhi schoolboy has been taken into custody and more have been identified as the police investigate a horrific students’ Instagram group chat that talked about rape of schoolgirls. The group called “Bois Locker Room”, which has caused huge outrage since it was exposed on Sunday, is deactivated now.
The teen, from a well-known Delhi school, has identified 20 more boys who were active on the group. His mobile phone has been seized by the Cyber Cell of Delhi Police.
Class 11 and 12 students of four or five schools in south Delhi are believed to be involved in the outrageous forum that is every parent’s nightmare; the schoolboys casually talked about rape, sexual objectification and slut-shamed schoolgirls on the chatroom.
The cyber-crime division of the police has written to Facebook-owned Instagram for details on the group.
The controversy surfaced on Sunday after several social media users posted screenshots on Instagram and Twitter of “Bois Locker Room”, which had 100 members. A girl posted screenshots sent to her by a member just added to the group.
She was one of the first to expose the group. In her thread, she pointed out underage targets of the group.
Soon, the shockingly lurid content went viral.
A 19-year-old college student from Delhi filed a complaint when she discovered her images shared on the chatroom. Yesterday, the administration of one of the schools went to the police.
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