Delhi Police on Tuesday registered a case of sexual harassment and criminal intimidation against unknown persons in connection with the "rape threats" allegedly received by an Army martyr's daughter. The case was later in the day transferred to the Crime Branch of Delhi Police.
The case was registered following a complaint received from Delhi Commission for Women on behalf of Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur (20).
Kaur, daughter of Kargil War martyr Captain Mandeep Singh, started the campaign, “I am not afraid of ABVP” following violence at Ramjas college.
Kaur posted a profile picture on Facebook in which she was holding a placard that said, “I am a student from Delhi University. I am not afraid of ABVP. I am not alone. Every student of India is with me. #StudentsAgainstABVP.”
This post went viral and received massive support from students across universities.
However, the campaign triggered a war of words on the social media and political circles. Kaur also recieved abuse and threats allegedly from Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad members, forcing her to leave Delhi and go to her hometown in Jalandhar.
The FIR was registered under Sections 354A (Sexual harassment and punishment for sexual harassment), 506 (Punishment for criminal intimidation) of IPC and Section 67 of the Information Technology Act against unknown persons, said Dependra Pathak, Special Commissioner of Police (Southwest) and Delhi Police spokesperson.
“On Monday the DCW forwarded a complaint of a DU student reg. online abuse. Immediately, area DCP spoke to her and provided necessary security. Her complaint was examined by Cyber Cell and an FIR No.32/17, u/s 354-A,506 IPC and 67 IT Act,PS EOW has been registerd and invstigation taken up,” Delhi Police said in a series of tweets.
Senior officers said that she has submitted a screenshot of a message she received on Facebook from a man who allegedly threatened her with “gangrape” and “making porn videos of her”.
Police is likely to seek details of the account from which the message was sent.