Police Looks Into The Troubling Conversation Between Delhi Teens Allegedly Talking About 'Rape'
Delhi Commission for Women has issued a notice to Instagram to share important information such as user IDs and locations of each group member. Delhi police cyber cell group has successfully tracked the one of the alleged participants of the group. Authorities have seized his mobile phone and are in the process of identifying more people involved in the horrendous virtual activity.
Update: The Delhi police cyber cell group has successfully tracked the one of the alleged participants of the group. The authorities have seized his mobile phone and are in the process of identifying more people involved in the horrendous virtual activity.
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to Instagram to share important information such as user IDs and locations of each group member in order to find all the alleged accused.
The troubled conversation about how rape culture is normalised has been around for a while now and yet, incidents of women getting brutally raped all around the world make it to headlines almost every day.
What is hitting the headlines today is an alleged group chat between a bunch of 17-year-old boys where they're apparently talking about gangraping girls and sharing morphed pictures of minors. The matter reportedly came to light when a Twitter user posted a screenshot of their Snapchat conversation claiming that the boys are Delhi-based school-going students.
these are school going delhi boys, look at their mentality and their audacity. "we can easily rape her"???????? i- https://t.co/Ohg413RMCE pic.twitter.com/myoEp5fN0t
¡ª g (@gurrrii) May 3, 2020
The user further added that the boys had another group on Instagram by the name of 'Bois Locker Room' where they 'casually' discussed rape and she also alleged that two of the boys from the chat were students of the same school she goes to. Needless to say, there was a tone of both panic and disgust in the user's tone.
A group of south delhi guys aged 17-18 types have this ig gc named "boy's locker room" where they shit on, objectify and morph pictures of girls their age. 2 boys from my school are a part of it. MY FRIENDS AND I ARE FREAKING OUT THIS IS SO EWWW AND NOW MY MOM WANTS ME TO QUIT IG
¡ª g (@gurrrii) May 3, 2020
She further went on to share screenshots of the alleged participants of the group and many other users came forward and identified the boys.
@ south delhi mutuals, if you know any of them like personally or through twitter ya ig please block and report (this is for people inactive on ig) pic.twitter.com/aHH4YPagrD
¡ª g (@gurrrii) May 3, 2020
The cops are reportedly investigating the matter. According to information circulating on Instagram and Twitter, Shubham Singh, whose IG bio says he is a cyber investigator and advisor to government agencies has also started looking into the matter.
Instagram/@shubhamcybercop
Apparently, he has traced down a few of the boys and will be reporting them accordingly.
Instagram/@shubhamcybercop
But the so-called guilty part didn't stop there apparently, and followed the mess up with another round. In other leaked screenshots of their chats, they were reportedly discussing taking revenge against the women who exposed them by posting their nudes online.
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Instagram
A screenshot of a Snapchat conversation was then forwarded to the women exposing these boys where they were apparently discussing 'gangraping her.' It was later clarified by an Instagram user that the conversation followed the expos¨¦ and the boys trying to 'threaten' the women.
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Instagram
In fact, there are also claims that some girls who are allegedly friends with the boys involved are trying to defend them by either saying they weren't actively participating in the group or that they will help them take revenge.
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The hashtag #BoysLockerRoom has been trending on Twitter ever since with angry people calling out each and every single thing that is wrong with enabling such behaviour.
Tell us again how hanging four rapists in a day was supposed to strike fear in the hearts of men and boys? States can hang all the rapists they want, #boyslockerroom will continue unless the root cause of patriarchy, entitlement and toxic masculinity is addressed.
¡ª #MeTooIndia (@IndiaMeToo) May 4, 2020
These boys will never understand,Until their "Locker Rooms" turn into "LOCK UP ROOMS"
¡ª ? H??fs? ?//? ? (@shernihun) May 4, 2020
Serious action must be taken against them @DelhiPolice
Shamelesss creatures .#boyslockerroom https://t.co/LSfTHiJNQh
Zero sympathy for the boys involved in #boyslockerroom and more power to the girls calling them out. Jitna bhi #BoysWillBeBoys chilla lo, it's obvious that those chats are something else. They reek of entitlement and malicious intent. We need to raise better boys. Period.
¡ª Jackie J. Thakkar (@Juvenile_Jack) May 4, 2020
There, I said it.
¡ª Amrita S Nair (@AmritaaNair) May 4, 2020
Stop normalising such culture, take a stand and intervene rather than being silent bystanders.#boyslockerroom pic.twitter.com/i36dDxFLrv
"They're just young boys"
¡ª Palak Aggarwal???? (@Palak12Aggarwal) May 4, 2020
But, guess what?
The girls they were so easily objectifying, rating and threatening to rape were young too. They were rather minors of 15/16 years. #boyslockerroom pic.twitter.com/8wfC3Vs0M5
No you're worried about how this whole thing can ruin those guys lives saying bacche hain galti hogyi but it doesn't bother you how thousands of girls have been affected by it, how this can ruin their mental health. CAN YOU FOR REAL GROW UP and think straight!!#boyslockerroom
¡ª anukriticism (@Hallwayflickerx) May 4, 2020
Internalised misogyny and normalising rape culture like this is unfortunately all too common and as much as people would like to believe that teenagers do not participates in this, they are wrong. This is where the roots lie and it's from here that crimes against women happen around the world. Such 'locker room talk' and 'boys will be boys' statements need to be done with immediately and every single person who participates needs to be punished for the same.
