Agra forensic lab scientist added to 30 WhatsApp porn-sharing groups, 1 held

Agra | Monday | 15th October, 2018

Summary:

During probe, we found that some WhatsApp groups had members from Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and even Pakistan. During interrogation, accused Shivendra Gupta claimed that he didn’t knew the scientist personally and was not part of any group sharing pornography. Agra: An undergraduate student was arrested from Chandauli district by Agra police on Monday for allegedly adding the contact number of a senior scientist of the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), Agra, to scores of WhatsApp groups that shared explicit content, including child porn. This gross act has damaged my reputation in society.”A police source claimed that a rival of the FSL scientist contacted Shivendra Gupta and took screenshots of the group members and explicit content. However, a phone recovered from his possession exposed his lie.”Commenting on the matter, Agra FSL director A K Mittal said, “The scientist was being harassed by unknown persons, and Agra police is investigating the matter.”.