BENGALURU: A 19-year-old youth with an Instagram account named ‘Dilbar Jaani-67′ was arrested for filming women in various locations and uploading the videos to his account with the tagline ‘Bangalore Night Life’. The police, who were monitoring social media platforms, found the account and registered a suo-motu case as the videos were obscene in nature. Recently, a man from Punjab was arrested for a similar offence.According to the complaint filed by Ashok Nagar police sub-inspector Nabi Saab, the accused is identified as Dilavar Hussain MD, a resident of Byrathi in Kothanur. Hussain is a native of Manipur and is working as a delivery boy for a major online food delivery firm. He used to record videos of girls and women walking on streets such as MG Road, Church Street, Brigade Road, Koramangala, Indiranagar, and other areas. Many videos he filmed showed women from their back and the police considered them obscene.The PSI in his complaint stated Hussain uploaded the videos to his Instagram profile to gain more followers. A case has been registered under the Information Technology Act section 67 (Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form). During interrogation, Hussain told police that he was filming women for the last three months and uploaded over 14 videos to his account. The police are going to write to Instagram to delete the account. Hussain is yet to be produced before the court.
