NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Saturday started investigation to identify and arrest the man who allegedly shot a video of a boy trying to kiss girls on roads of Delhi. The step was taken by the police after a video emerged in social media websites where a "prank" video showed a youth trying to kiss girls randomly in the streets in Delhi and thenrunning away.
The video was apparently shot in the popular Connaught Place area and was uploaded on the video-sharing website by the young man via his Youtube channel 'The Crazy Sumit'.
"The video has come to Delhi Police's notice through media. We have started the initial technical inquiry. This obscene video is available on Facebook and Youtube links and we are probing this," said Dependra Pathak, Delhi Police spokesperson and joint commissioner of police.
The video has been taken down after widespread criticism on social media and its technical aspects such as details of service providers and criminal liability are being examined.
Police said they were "looking forward" to the women who were seen in the prank video to give a complaint, he said.
"I see this kind of sexual perversion on social media in the name of getting likes, online publicity and maybe even some money is involved in it," he said. The youth who made the videos has been active on Youtube since 2015 and keeps posting "prank" videos. Following the backlash on the social media over his "kissing and running" video, he has issued an apology through another video post. We are analysing the contents of the apology. Every aspect is being looked into," the officer added.
Meanwhile, Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Swati Maliwal has slammed the "prank" video on her Twitter handle. "Its perversion not humour. FIR should be filed immediately and strict action should be taken by Police. His apology is of no consequence, for it’s an act of violence (sic)," Maliwal tweeted.