Obscene videos on WhatsApp: Cop booked

Chandigarh | Saturday | 1st December, 2018

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"The complainant has alleged that she is the member of a WhatsApp group of which the accused ASI is also a member. An ASI has been booked under the IT Act and we are yet to record the statements of the accused and the complainant in the said case. He is yet to be arrested, said inspector Lalit Kumar. The ASI on November 27 had uploaded some obscene and objectionable videos in the group and when the complainant objected to the act, the ASI allegedly threatened to kill her if she revealed the matter to anyone.She then approached the police with the WhatsApp group videos and snapshots of the duo's conversation and submitted the evidence with the police, said a police officer.Thereafter, the police have registered an FIR against ASI Yahspal. PANCHKULA: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) posted at Sector 5 police station in Panchkula has been booked by the Panchkula police for allegedly uploading obscene and objectionable videos on a WhatsApp group.The complainant, a woman resident of Sector 15, Panchkula, approached the police alleging that the ASI had posted some obscene videos and also threatened to kill her if she disclosed the act.The Panchkula police have booked ASI Yashpal under Section 64A of the IT Act and under Sections 506 (criminal intimidation) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code at Sector 14 police station, Panchkula.Station house officer (SHO) of Sector 14 police station inspector Lalit Kumar, who is investigating the case, said, "I was on leave for a few days and am yet to see the content of the FIR..