Bois Locker Room: ‘Sidharth’ is actually a girl; fake account used to suggest plan for sexual assault
NEW DELHI: It was a girl who had created a fake profile on Snapchat and messaged a fellow classmate, talking about her own sexual assault, investigations in the #BoisLocker-Room chats have revealed. The boy in the conversation had refused to participate in the sexual assault and stopped replying as well.
Police said a screenshot of the Snapchat conversation initially went viral, along with chats from the locker room, but it turned out that the two conversations were not related. Their probe has revealed that a girl had created a fake account by the name of Sidharth on Snapchat and chatted with a male classmate about planning a sexual assault, apparently to see how he reacted.
DCP (cyber cell) Anyesh Roy said, “There were many screenshots which went viral and among them was a screenshot of a one-to-one snapchat conversation, where a person identified as ‘Sidharth’ is suggesting a plan of aggravated sexual assault of a girl to the other boy. The alleged conversation was actually between a girl who had created a fake account in the name of ‘Sidharth’ and sent the messages to the boy, she suggested a plan to sexually assault herself.”
Investigating officials revealed that the girl and the boy live in the same vicinity.
Locker-room chats: Girl wanted to ‘test character’
The girl was examined by police and revealed that she sent the messages to check the reaction of the boy and the “strength of his character”.
The boy subsequently shared the screenshot of the Snapchat conversation with his friends, including the girl who had spoken to him using the fake account.
“Later on, someone posted the screenshot on their Instagram story and it went viral,” said Roy.
It was initially believed that the Snapchat conversation was a conversation between boys who were a part of the #BoisLockerRoom. It turns out that none of the 27 boys identified so far were part of any conversation on Snapchat.
So far police have arrested the group administrator of the #BoisLockerRoom from Noida and apprehended a juvenile who was in the group. Of the 27 boys, 24 have been examined, two are out of reach and the details of one more are awaited.
Police said a screenshot of the Snapchat conversation initially went viral, along with chats from the locker room, but it turned out that the two conversations were not related. Their probe has revealed that a girl had created a fake account by the name of Sidharth on Snapchat and chatted with a male classmate about planning a sexual assault, apparently to see how he reacted.
DCP (cyber cell) Anyesh Roy said, “There were many screenshots which went viral and among them was a screenshot of a one-to-one snapchat conversation, where a person identified as ‘Sidharth’ is suggesting a plan of aggravated sexual assault of a girl to the other boy. The alleged conversation was actually between a girl who had created a fake account in the name of ‘Sidharth’ and sent the messages to the boy, she suggested a plan to sexually assault herself.”
Investigating officials revealed that the girl and the boy live in the same vicinity.
Locker-room chats: Girl wanted to ‘test character’
The girl was examined by police and revealed that she sent the messages to check the reaction of the boy and the “strength of his character”.
The boy subsequently shared the screenshot of the Snapchat conversation with his friends, including the girl who had spoken to him using the fake account.
“Later on, someone posted the screenshot on their Instagram story and it went viral,” said Roy.
It was initially believed that the Snapchat conversation was a conversation between boys who were a part of the #BoisLockerRoom. It turns out that none of the 27 boys identified so far were part of any conversation on Snapchat.
So far police have arrested the group administrator of the #BoisLockerRoom from Noida and apprehended a juvenile who was in the group. Of the 27 boys, 24 have been examined, two are out of reach and the details of one more are awaited.
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