Bois Locker Room: DCW chief Swati Maliwal issues notice to Instagram, Delhi Police; probe begins

New Delhi: The cyber cell of Delhi Police recently noticed an Instagram group with the name 'Bois Locker Room' which was run a group of young boys from South Delhi. They were allegedly sharing images of women, many of them minors, without their permission on the group, and were involved in a porn chat.

The cyber cell filed a case against unidentified persons under IT Act 66 and 67A and have started investigation, besides writing a letter to Instagram seeking details related to the group. 

Some minor boys in the group were chatting indecently about the girls and were also issuing threats to rape them by posting pornographic photos of girls. 

A Twitter user took screenshots of the group and posted them on social media to highlight the matter. The group, however, has now been deactivated on Instagram as soon as the investigation started. 

The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief, Swati Maliwal also took notice of the group and issued notices to the Delhi Police as well as the Instagram. She said that all the culprits should be arrested to give a tough message.

इंस्टाग्राम पर "boys locker room" नाम के एक ग्रुप के स्क्रीनशॉट देखे। ये हरकत एक घिनौनी,अपराधी और बलात्कारी मानसिकता का प्रमाण है। मामले को संज्ञान में लेते हुए पुलिस और इंस्टाग्राम को नोटिस जारी कर रहे हैं। इस ग्रुप के सभी लड़के अरेस्ट होने चाहिए, एक कड़ा संदेश देने की ज़रूरत है https://t.co/8C4PsAqz3h — Swati Maliwal (@SwatiJaiHind) May 4, 2020

Swati Maliwal took to Instagram and wrote, "DCW has issued notice to Instagram and Delhi Police in the matter of a group named "boys locker room" being used by some miscreants to share objectionable pictures of minor girls and planning illegal acts such as gangrape of minor girls. All the people involved in this act should be immediately arrested and a strong message needs to be given out."

She also released a video message on Twitter to express her concern over such an incident.

DCW Chairperson @SwatiJaiHind's reaction on the shameful #boyslockeroom incident. pic.twitter.com/kcE9n26lKI — Delhi Commission for Women - DCW (@DCWDelhi) May 4, 2020

Notably, the group has reportedly been exposed by some women on Instagram who has for the past two days taken up the issue with members of the group, lawyers as well as security agencies.

None of the photos or images in possession of the group were understood to have been given to them by consent. When certain women began to threaten the members of the group with action, they were allegedly threatened to "leak" their nude photos and even threatened them with violence and rape.