Chandigarh University row: Another video found, what did court say?

Last Updated Sep - 21 - 2022, 05:45 AM | Source : FELA News

Chandigarh police stated in court that another video that surfaced in the Chandigarh University, though not of an objectionable nature, of a girl in the hostel

Chandigarh University row

Chandigarh: A day after maintaining that only one video had surfaced in the Chandigarh University ‘video leak’ row, and that too, of the accused woman, police on Monday stated in court that another video, though not of an objectionable nature, of a girl in the hostel washroom had been found on the phone of one of the men arrested in the case.

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Seeking a 10-day remand of the three accused – a 22-year-old woman student and two men – the police stated that they suspect the involvement of a fourth person, who may have been blackmailing the woman student.

The court, however, granted the police seven-day custody of the trio.

“We want to investigate how many more are part of their gang. So far, we have leads about the involvement of a fourth person, who, it seems, was blackmailing the woman student, who had sent an objectionable video to her boyfriend in Shimla,” stated the police in the court.

Police also found out that the two men had received calls from Gujarat and Mumbai too, and they are trying to ascertain if there is an international angle to the case.

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“We are trying to ascertain if the videos were sent abroad, and if this was done for financial gains,” said the police.

Police are also investigating if the man arrested from Shimla had stored any videos on other devices, which are yet to be recovered.

The lawyer, who appeared for the accused, also accepted that a video of another girl student was shot in the washroom of the hostel, but it was not of objectionable nature.

Police said the phones of all three accused are now with the forensics team.

“We have confiscated the mobile phones of all three accused and handed it over to the forensic team to ascertain whether they deleted any videos or chats among each other,” said the police.

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