The Chandigarh Police on Sunday arrested a woman student who allegedly leaked objectionable videos of other students of Chandigarh University.
The accused woman student was arrested from Mohali as Chandigarh University students staged protests over the issue. However, police and university administration have denied that the woman leaked videos of others.
Mohali Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Vivek Sheel Soni said it has been found during preliminary investigation that a woman student, who had been apprehended, had shared her own video with someone stated to be from Himachal Pradesh whose role is also under the scanner.
Soni added that an FIR under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 354-C (voyeurism) and the IT Act has been registered the woman.
The university authorities have rejected reports that videos of several women students were made and shared on social media.
It has been claimed that videos of as many as 60 students were made when they bathed and were leaked.
Dr Arvinder Singh Kang, Director, Students Welfare of Chandigarh University, said, "At the preliminary level, we investigated and did not find that videos of other students were made. For fair investigation, university authorities got the FIR registered into the incident for a thorough and fair probe. Rumours regarding attempted suicide [by some students] and MMS of 60 students are not correct."
Protest erupted at university campus
Students of Chandigarh University staged protests over the incident on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday.
The protest was held on the university campus located at Ludhiana-Chandigarh road past midnight.
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann orders high-level probe
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has ordered an inquiry into the case.
"I was saddened after hearing the incident at Chandigarh University. Our daughters are our pride. A high-level investigation has been ordered into the incident. Whoever is found guility will be punished strictly. I am constantly in contact with the administration. I appeal to everyone to avoid rumours," said Mann on Twitter in Punjabi and Hindi.
Punjab School Education Minister HS Bains appealed to Chandigarh University students to remain calm and assured them that the guilty won't be spared.
"It is a sensitive matter and concerns the dignity of our sisters and daughters. We all, including the media, should be very cautious. It is also a test of ours as a society," Bains said in a tweet.
Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) Chairperson Swati Maliwal shared a snapshot of the Punjab women commission chief speaking on the issue and slammed her for laughign while addressing such a sensitive issue.
"Punjab women commission chairperson is laughing while speaking on an issue as serious as that of Chandigarh University. She is also saying that no video of a girl was made. Women commissions are for women's interests. It's sad that most of the women commissions have been reduced to kitty party offices," said Maliwal in a tweet in Hindi.
(With PTI inputs)
