NEW DELHI, May 6: The Delhi Police Cyber Cell on Wednesday arrested a young man who is admin of Instagram chat group “Bois Locker Room” wherein rapes were glorified and photos of underage girls shared and they were objectified.
The 18-year-old told police during questioning that he was the group admin though he didn’t know all groups members personally. Some members had joined in on the basis of reference by other groups members, police sources quoted him.
Eleven other persons questioned by Cyber Cell have admitted to be part of this group and claimed that they deleated their accounts once the whole incident came out into the public domain.
They claimed they later formed a new group Bois Locker Room 2.0. However, the admin denied forming the second group.
The police said that Snapchat and Instagram were on their radar.
Police said that forensic analysis of mobile phones of all group members was underway to retrieve lost/deleted data. The police pointed out that it had a lot of screenshots of the chats done on the IG group and the same are being analyzed.
“The Cyber Cell has sought information about the group and its members from Instagram. The report from the photo-sharing platform is awaited. The devices of the identified group members have been seized and sent for forensic analysis,” a police official said.
On Tuesday, a 15-year-old boy from a prominent school of South Delhi was apprehended by the Cyber Cell in connection with the indicent.
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