Delhi Schoolboy Held Over Shocking Chatroom, 20 More Students Identified
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 and is being investigated
New Delhi: A Delhi schoolboy has been taken into custody and more have been identified as the police investigate a horrific students' Instagram chat room that talked about gang-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
scandal surfaced on Sunday when 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.
Soon, the shockingly lurid content went viral.
A
number of conversations revolved around sexual assault often against
their own classmates, in a frighteningly casual way, raising worries
about the normalizing of rape, misogyny and objectification in schools.
"I will rape her easily," one of the posts read.
Some
of the comments are being reproduced here to establish why the group
chat has evinced reactions ranging from horror to outrage to concerns
about the hyper-sexuality and violence that suffuses the comments.
Leaked screenshots showed rape threats on the group.
The
screengrabs also showed students from some of Delhi's top schools
posting photos of teenage girls without their consent along with
comments too crude to be reproduced.
A 19-year-old college student
filed a complaint when she discovered her images shared on the
chatroom. Yesterday, the administration of one of the schools went to
the police.
As the hashtag #BoysLockerRoom trended on social
media, there were thousands of posts talking about another "Me Too"
moment in India and the need to address toxic masculinity starting from
schools.
According to social media accounts that posted the
screenshots, members of "Bois Locker Room" even threatened to leak nude
photographs of the women who reported them and launched a second group.
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