Bengaluru: In a shocker to women who travel via public transport, an Instagram page with photos of young women and girls, travelling on the Bengaluru metro and moving around the stations surfaced on Wednesday, May 21.
The Instagram account ‘Bangalore Metro Chicks’ with over 5000 followers published objectionable and vulgar photos of women commuters on the Bengaluru Metro online, police said. People have appealed to the police to register cases against all those following the page.
In a social media appeal, the whistleblower urged the Bengaluru police and the police commissioner to take action against the person responsible.
The matter has been brought to the attention of the Bengaluru police, and citizens, expressing outrage over the violation of women’s privacy, have demanded action against the accused. A hunt has been launched since.
“There is a pervert travelling in Bengaluru Metro trains, secretly capturing videos of women and sharing them on Instagram. Please find him and punish him.”
The whistleblower also provided the link to the Instagram page.
“This is very creepy and dangerous for all women commuters. Please amplify this so that he is punished soon,” the post added.
FIR filed, hunt launched
Responding to the complaint, the deputy commissioner of police, South, Bengaluru, stated that an FIR has been registered at Banashankari police station and an investigation has been launched.
In response to the police action, netizens further demanded the immediate arrest of the accused and called for him to be publicly shamed. People need to know who these perverts are, they said.
Netizens argued that these followers exhibited an equally disturbing mindset and demanded that police register complaints against them as well, asserting that they, too, are complicit.
The accused had uploaded images of women talking on their phones amid Metro crowds and backshots of young women walking within Metro premises.
The Instagram page also misused the official Metro logo and used captions such as “finding beautiful girls on Namma Metro” and “Girls at 2 pm in Namma Metro,” among others.
Netizens have also urged Bengaluru South MP Tejasvi Surya to ensure strict action is taken against the accused.
(With inputs from IANS.)
(The headline has been edited for better readability.)
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