The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation to arrest culprits and launch a probe into the circulation of two rape videos on WhatsApp.
The court passed the order after taking suo motu cognisance of a letter forwarded to it by the Hyderabad-based NGO, Prajwala, informing it of the videos circulating on WhatsApp.
“It is clear that the issues raised are extremely serious and something needs to be done,” the Social Justice Bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and U.U. Lalit observed.
The court further issued notice to the Centre and the State governments of Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Delhi and Telangana. Some of the culprits in the videos were found talking in a Bengali accent.
The court fixed the matter for further hearing on March 13.
