The police took into account a video that was posted on social media allegedly defaming her

New Delhi, July 12

The Delhi Police have filed an FIR against unknown persons for allegedly sexually harassing a female spokesperson of Delhi BJP.

The police took into account a video that was posted on social media allegedly defaming her.

The Delhi unit of BJP filed a complaint with police alleging that the video was posted against the spokesperson for insulting her modesty and also spreading misinformation about her. 

The complaint mentioned , “this was intended to harm the reputation of the spokesperson by putting her name in the link of the video and defaming her publicly.”

As per the complaint, offensive sexual remarks had been made regarding the spokesperson, who had nothing to do with the contents of the link, in order to damage her reputation.

The cyber crime police station of New Delhi has filed an FIR in this matter under sections 354A (sexual harassment) and 509 (insulting modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code, and section 67 (electronically transmitting obscene material) of the IT Act.