In a major turnaround, in the 'Bois Locker Room' investigation, the Delhi Police cyber cell has revealed that a girl was using the fake identity of a boy in 'Snapchat' conversation, to get herself sexually assaulted. Police said the girl has taken this step in order to check the strength of character of the boy, who was the message receiver.
According to Anyeesh Roy, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), cyber cell (CyPAD), the two juveniles involved in the Snapchat conversation were not in anyway part of the Bois Locker Room Instagram group and that the conversation between them was held last month. However, their devices have been seized and sent for forensic analysis.
"During investigation, screenshots of the alleged chats between the group members were available in the public domain. Among the various screenshots shared on multiple social media platforms, was a screenshot of a one-to-one Snapchat conversation, where a person named 'Siddharth' is suggesting a plan of aggravated sexual assault of a girl to the other person, said the DCP.
"Probe has revealed that the alleged Snapchat conversation is actually between a girl and a boy in which the girl is sending chat messages through a fictional Snapchat account named 'Siddharth'. Using the fake identity of a male person, she suggested in the chat, a plan to sexually assault herself," he said.
"Her purpose of sending such messages to the boy was to check his reaction and to test the strength of his character, specially when someone talks bad things about the girl herself. However, the juvenile boy, declined to participate in any such plan and stopped further communication with girl who was using a fake identity, the DCP said.
"The boy, however, took a screenshot of the chat and reported it to his friends, including the girl about whom the hypothetical conversation of sexual assault took place. One of the other recipients of the screenshot, however, posted it as an Instagram story for sometime, from where it started circulating in connected social media accounts of friends, schoolmates and when screenshots from Bois Locker Room Instagram started circulating on social media, the alleged Snapchat conversation also got mixed with those chats," he said.
"No case will be registered against the girl or the boy because both of them are juveniles. Although, creating a fake id is wrong but her intent was not malicious so we are not filing any complaint," said the DCP.
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.
The police said during social media monitoring, it was noticed that the group was being used by the participants to share obscene messages and morphed pictures of girls and women.
So far, 24 members of the alleged Instagram have been identified and police are still waiting for details sought by them from the social media platform and the Forensic Science Laboratory where they have sent the devices for examination. The group admin, also an active member of the group was arrested, a juvenile was apprehended was apprehended in the case, said police adding that a case under relevant sections of IT Act and IPC was registered on Monday.