Chandigarh University Video Leak Case Study

Accused girl’s WhatsApp chats suggest she was being ‘blackmailed’ for making videos

A Special Investigation Team of the Punjab Police on Tuesday questioned  the three accused arrested in connection with the CU video case.

After allegations were levelled that a hosteller had recorded several objectionable videos of women students in the common washroom.

Three persons - a woman student and two men from Himachal Pradesh - have been arrested. One of them was said to be the student's boyfriend.

The police have also found some purported screenshots of WhatsApp chats  on the mobile of the woman student with one of the accused.

Suggesting that she was being "blackmailed" for making videos, sources said.

Adding that the name of a fourth suspect has also come up during probe.

A senior police official said they are waiting for the forensic report of the mobile phone which will throw light.

A court in Mohali's Kharar had sent the three accused, including the woman student, to seven-day police remand on Monday.