DIMAPUR, NOVEMBER 14 (MExN): One man was arrested by police for allegedly circulating a sexually explicit video clip via MMS in Dimapur. The man, identified as Dipankar Roy (28 years), was arrested on November 12.
The clip shows a naked woman indulging in a sexual act, whose face is not shown. According to police, on November 12, they got wind of a report of an MMS sex clip doing the rounds and started investigating. The same day, police were able to trace out the woman shown in the clip, who told investigators that she was not aware of such a video in circulation. Based on her statement, police were led to one Dipankar Roy of Lhomithi colony. He is said to be a shoe seller in New Market.
During interrogation, Roy told police that the video was recorded by him but at the consent of the woman and at a place called ‘Citizen Hotel in New Market, sometime in October. He then showed it to his friends, which eventually circulated to a wider network of people. The woman, on the other hand claimed that she was not aware that Roy had recorded everything on video.
Roy further claimed that the woman was a sex worker, whom he met at New Market and bedded her at a monetary charge of Rs. 400, the same evening the video was made. An ‘extra charge’ was also paid to the woman to get her consent to record their encounter, he told police. The woman’s side of the story however contradicted Roy’s version. Her version was that they shared a mutual admiration for each other. The evening the video was said to have been made, they met up at the aforementioned hotel in New Market.
Roy was booked under section 67A (publishing and transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act in electronic form) of the IT Act 2008. The quantum of punishment according to the section is imprisonment upto five years for a first offence with monetary penalty.
The clip shows a naked woman indulging in a sexual act, whose face is not shown. According to police, on November 12, they got wind of a report of an MMS sex clip doing the rounds and started investigating. The same day, police were able to trace out the woman shown in the clip, who told investigators that she was not aware of such a video in circulation. Based on her statement, police were led to one Dipankar Roy of Lhomithi colony. He is said to be a shoe seller in New Market.
During interrogation, Roy told police that the video was recorded by him but at the consent of the woman and at a place called ‘Citizen Hotel in New Market, sometime in October. He then showed it to his friends, which eventually circulated to a wider network of people. The woman, on the other hand claimed that she was not aware that Roy had recorded everything on video.
Roy further claimed that the woman was a sex worker, whom he met at New Market and bedded her at a monetary charge of Rs. 400, the same evening the video was made. An ‘extra charge’ was also paid to the woman to get her consent to record their encounter, he told police. The woman’s side of the story however contradicted Roy’s version. Her version was that they shared a mutual admiration for each other. The evening the video was said to have been made, they met up at the aforementioned hotel in New Market.
Roy was booked under section 67A (publishing and transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act in electronic form) of the IT Act 2008. The quantum of punishment according to the section is imprisonment upto five years for a first offence with monetary penalty.
