Agra mother flags 'double-meaning' reel, cyber police step in
AGRA, Jan. 16 -- Upset over "obscene and double-meaning content" allegedly viewed by her children on a social media reel, a woman has lodged an FIR against an unidentified account holder at the Cyber Crime Police Station in Agra. She has sought identification of the person operating the account and strict action. Police said the allegations are being verified.
The case has been registered under Section 296(b) (obscene acts and songs in public places) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 67 (transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology Act. According to the FIR, the complainant, Ruby Tomar, a resident of Agra city who supplies Ayurvedic medicines, had recently visited a beauty parlour in Kamla Nagar where a staff member was watching reels on a mobile phone. She was informed that a reel circulating on a particular account was obscene and indecent. Tomar stated that the next day, while her children were watching reels on a phone, the same video appeared again. "I took the phone from my children and found the content obscene, double-meaning and against the dignity of women. On learning that the account user was from Agra, I lodged an FIR," she said.
Confirming the development, Aditya Singh, additional deputy commissioner of police (Cyber Cell), said the case had been registered against an unidentified account holder and a request had been sent to the concerned social media platform for necessary action....
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