Bois Locker Room Case: Police files FIR after Girl receives threats on Social Media

On Monday, officials said that one of the girls who had shared screenshots of chats from the Instagram group "Bois Locker Room" claimed that she was receiving threats and offensive messages on social media, following which the Delhi Police's Cyber Cell registered an FIR. The Instagram group was being used to share obscene messages & morphed pictures of underage girls on social media sites, according to police.

The officials said that the girl lodged a complaint with the local Police last week after she received "threats, obnoxious & offensive" messages on social media for posting about the "Bois Locker Room".

A Senior Police official said that the complaint was then transferred to the Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police.

The Police officer said that "We have registered an FIR based on the complaint from the girl. As per the complaint, she was threatened. She received obnoxious & offensive messages. The nature of content she received was threatening but primarily obnoxious in nature".

Police said they are in touch with the complainant.

Information about the Instagram group came to light after a girl shared screenshots of its activities. Following this, the group started being called out on social media. 

Police said during social media monitoring, it was noticed that the group was being used by the participants to share obscene messages & morphed pictures.

A case under relevant sections of the IT Act & the Indian Penal Code was registered. During investigation, the admin of the Instagram group was arrested while a juvenile was apprehended in connection with the case.

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