A 17-year-old girl shared on Instagram this Monday an alleged incident from two years ago. This happened after #BoisLockerRoom was exposed.
It involved a classmate who had allegedly asked her to perform a sexual act on him in the basement of her housing society. The boy, a Class XII student, was trolled as the girl’s post got shared. The same night, he jumped to death from his 11th-floor flat in a DLF 5 condominium.
Now as per a recent report, on Thursday, the boy’s father approached police with a complaint in which he blamed online harassment and trolling for his son’s suicide, sought legal changes in the use of social media by teens, and asked a question: can social media disclosures without the burden of proof be allowed?
The Aftermath
He wasn’t that kind of a person. You can talk to anyone in his friends’ circle and in his school,” the boy’s father told a leading daily, referring to the allegations against him.
The trolls have now turned on the girl (A in subsequent references), from hailing her bravery three days ago to blaming her for the boy’s death. To cut herself off, she said she has had to deactivate her account, but isn’t going back on what she wrote. “I deactivated my account because of the filth that I was being subjected to after his death. It’s sad he took this step. But, that doesn’t prove my story wrong,” she told.
However, Police commissioner Mohammad Akil said an investigation was on and statements would be recorded. A spokesperson for the school said they were unaware about the police complaint and its content.
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