Gujarat: Videos of women patients uploaded on social media, probe on

A preliminary probe revealed the accused created a Telegram group linked to a Youtube channel where these videos were uploaded, said Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crime) Hardik Makadia.

According to the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police, the videos came to their notice during a “routine monitoring” of social media sites.

“The accused had uploaded seven such videos on the Youtube channel and had given the link of a Telegram group in the description. Members of that group were asked to pay a fee to watch similar videos. To attract members to pay subscription, the accused had shared screen grabs of similar videos,” Makadia said.

DCP (Cyber Crime) Lavina Sinha said, “We have filed an FIR against unknown persons for uploading the videos. We have also written to both the sites to share details of person(s) who uploaded those.”

Notably, the FIR does not name any person or mention any hospital. DCP Sinha said that the police are investigating into the source of the videos.

The preliminary probe also revealed the Telegram group was launched in September last year while the Youtube channel was launched in January this year.

“The channel has so far uploaded seven videos of women being examined by doctors on a bed inside the hospital. The Telegram group promoting that channel has over 90 members. The videos appear to be taken from CCTV footage. In one such video, a nurse and a woman patient can be heard conversing in Gujarati. We are yet to identify the hospital where these videos were shot,” Makadia added.

-with PTI inputs