In a disturbing incident, Bengaluru Police have arrested a 19-year-old food delivery executive for allegedly recording women in public places without their consent and sharing the videos on Instagram in a bid to gain social media followers.
The accused, identified as Dilavar Hussain MD from Manipur, was caught after Bengaluru police’s cyber team flagged an Instagram account named ‘Dilbar Jaani-67’. The account featured a number of videos labelled as "indecent and provocative", mostly showing women from behind on busy Bengaluru streets such as MG Road, Brigade Road, and Church Street all shot without the women's knowledge, as reported by News18.
The police took suo-motu cognisance of the matter and launched an investigation. During interrogation, Hussain admitted to filming women for around three months across various localities including MG Road, Koramangala, Church Street, Brigade Road, and Indiranagar. He uploaded at least 14 such videos to his account.
According to the police, “He created an Instagram ID called ‘DILBAR JAANI-67’ and, with the intention of gaining more followers, under the title ‘Bangalore Night Life’ with Bengali and other language songs, he was posting indecent and provocative videos of women.”
Hussain has now been booked under Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, which pertains to the publication or transmission of obscene content in electronic form.
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Just earlier this month, a woman took to Instagram to call out another account that was uploading reels of unsuspecting women walking on Church Street, under the guise of documenting "street fashion". That account too was reported, and the police arrested Gurudeep Singh, a resident of KR Puram, in connection with the case.
Police have urged citizens to report any such content they come across online, reiterating that voyeuristic behaviour and breach of privacy will not be tolerated.