Bhadohi, April 16 (HS): A case has been filed against

a youth in Bhadohi district for allegedly filming an indecent video of a

19-year-old college student and posting it on social media, police said on

Thursday. According to investigators, a student quit attending college after a

video became popular on numerous social media sites. Sujit Kumar Mishra, a

resident of Bhamaura village in the Aurai police station area, was charged

under sections 351 (3) (criminal intimidation), 352 (criminal force) of the

BNS, and section 67 (broadcasting obscene material) of the Information

Technology Act after a 19-year-old student filed a complaint, according to

police officials.

According to a registered FIR, police station officer Sachidanand Pandey

stated that the accused had been harassing the student for marriage for a long

time, and when she refused, he assaulted her and threatened to murder her.

The girl said that Mishra recently

released pornographic recordings of her from several IDs on various social

media sites with the objective of defaming her and forwarded them to some of

her relatives. Pandey stated that once the video circulated on social media,

the disgruntled student quit attending college. He said a search for the

accused is underway, and additional investigation is being conducted.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi