PHILLAUR/NAKODAR: The Phillaur and Nakodar police have registered three separate criminal cases, including one involving the alleged circulation of an objectionable video of a minor girl on social media, an abduction case of a teenage girl and a burglary incident in Nakodar area.
Phillaur DSP Bharat Masih said, a case under Sections 354-C and 506 of the IPC has been registered at Phillaur police station against Hardeep Singh, a resident of Thala village near Phillaur. The accused is currently absconding.
The case was registered following a complaint lodged by Jasvinder Singh, also a resident of Thala village. In his complaint, he stated that his minor daughter, studying in Class IX, became the victim of harassment after an objectionable video of her was circulated on social media by an unidentified person.
The complainant said that local residents informed him that a few-minute objectionable video of his daughter had gone viral on social media. Later, the same video was allegedly circulated again twice through a social media account.
During inquiries, the complainant came to know that the person responsible for circulating the video was allegedly Hardeep Singh. When questioned by her father, the girl reportedly revealed that the accused had been threatening her for the past several days that he would make her video viral online. Following the complaint, a case was registered and further investigation has been initiated by Inspector Meena Kumari.
In another incident, Nakodar police registered a case under Sections 363 and 366-A of the IPC against Gurjinder Singh alias Raju, a resident of Billi Chao village.
DSP Nakodar Onkar Singh Brar said, the case was registered on the statement of a complainant from Ball village who alleged that the accused had allegedly lured away his 17-year-old daughter on Friday on the pretext of marrying her and took her along with him. Police have started an investigation to trace the girl and the accused.
Meanwhile, Nakodar Sadar police also registered a case under Sections 457, 380 and 427 of the IPC after unidentified persons allegedly broke into several shops and stole equipment and other items.