Police arrest youth for sharing obscene video on social media

CHADOORA — A debauch was arrested by police after he made an obscene video of a girl viral on social media.

Local sources said that from past two days, an obscene video of a boy and girl is making rounds on social media networking sites. The youth identified in the video is Junaid Fayaz Bhat of Rangar Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district.

Police sources said that after the outcry, police took cognizance of the matter and arrested the debauch Junaid Fayaz Bhat.

A police official said that a case has been registered in this regard. He said prima facie, it seems that the youth in question first made the obscene video with a girl and then shared it with his friends who made it viral on social media.

Locals, meanwhile, have appealed police to take stringent action under law against the ‘morally degraded’ accused. They demanded action against the girl as well, who hails from an adjacent village of Chadoora.