New Delhi: An FIR has been registered against unknown persons for allegedly sexually harassing a female spokesperson of the Delhi BJP after a video defaming her was posted on social media platforms, police said.
The matter came to the fore after a complaint by the Delhi unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party alleging that the video, along with misinformation, was posted against the spokesperson for insulting her modesty electronically, they said, The Indian Express reported.
The complaint also mentioned that “this was intended to harm the reputation of the spokesperson by putting her name in the link of the video and defaming her publicly.” The FIR was registered at Cyber Police Station of New Delhi District under sections 354A (sexual harassment) and 509 (insulting modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code, and section 67 (electronically transmitting obscene material) of the IT Act, a senior police officer said, adding an investigation has been taken up.
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