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Mystery deepens over the motive of video recordings

Although police in a co-ordinated manner arrested three alleged culprits in the shocking incident, the mystery behind the video making and then circulating it to social media is deepening with divergent views.Why the girl took the video? Why she had passed it to the boys who were arrested later? And what was the actual motive […]

SIT to probe inter-state angle into MMS scandal
SIT to probe inter-state angle into MMS scandal

Although police in a co-ordinated manner arrested three alleged culprits in the shocking incident, the mystery behind the video making and then circulating it to social media is deepening with divergent views.
Why the girl took the video? Why she had passed it to the boys who were arrested later? And what was the actual motive behind this? Police is still groping in the dark and trying to piece together various aspects of the case.
The Daily Guardian came to know that when the hostel warden questioned the accused girl, she said that she had sent the videos to a boy whom she did not know. She refused to divulge futher even several insistence by the warden. The girl has, however, admitted that she did recorded the videos. “It was a mistake from my part, and I will not do it again,” the girl reportedly said.
The girls in the hostel asked the accused student as to why she made this video. Was there any pressure on him? The accused girl initially replied that she did not know the boy. However, she later admitted and showed the photograph of the boy who had asked her to take the videos.
The recordings of as many as 60 students were made,, sources said. Videos of students from D block, C block, and B block in the campus have been taken.
Meanwhile, police arrested two persons in connection with the case. The arrested accused has been identified as Sunny Mehta and Rankaj Verma. Sunny belongs to a local village under Rohru Sub division of Shimla district, nearly 130 km away from the northern town. The accused was nabbed by a team led by Dr Monika, Superintendent of Police, Shimla. Another arrested person Rankaj Verma,

who is 31 years old.
Both the accused were handed over to Punjab Police from Rohur and Dhalli police stations respectively. “Chandigarh University Case. Punjab Police reached PS Rohru in Shimla. The accused Sunny Mehta has been handed over to them. Zero tolerance to crime against women. If any collateral evidence comes our way, we will take action as per law,” said Director General of Police Himachal Pradesh, Sanjay Kundu.
“Punjab Police has arrested and has left with the accused from Rohru in case FIR no 194/22 dt 18/9/22 u/s 354C IPC, 66E IT act PS Sadar Kharad Punjab. The 23-year accused, resident of Rohru has been handed over to them,” read a statement of Shimla Police.

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