Suo moto case if obscene video circulated on WhatsApp, warns DK SP

Team Udayavani, Jul 3, 2019, 3:35 PM IST

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Mangaluru: Dakshin Kannada superintendent of police (SP) BM Laxmi Prasad on Wednesday informed that a suo moto case will be registered against those who circulate or save the video of a girl and some boys engaged in intimate acts.

As per the press statement given by the SP, “It has come to notice of the police department that two videos of a girl and boys engaging in an intimate act in a blue-coloured car are being circulated through WhatsApp. Police will be taking up a suo moto case in this regard.

He further added, “We request members of public not to transmit the referred videos over social media or save the referred videos on their phones/computers, doing so is an offence under 354C of IPC and 66E, 66A of IT Act and the persons (including group admins) will be made accused under the said sections.”