Udupi SP debunks social media claims on students filming private videos of other students
Says the video was not shared, and students knew each other
Udupi: Udupi District Superintendent of Police, Akshay Hakay Machindra, has addressed rumors and false messages circulating on social media regarding an alleged incident of filming in a mobile phone inside the toilet of Para Medical College in Udupi. In a press conference held at the Udupi SP office, he clarified that no hidden camera has been found in the college restroom and no complaints have been received by the department regarding the alleged video.
According to SP Akshay Hakay Machindra, the mobile phones seized from the students at the college were handed over to the police by the management board. After a thorough examination, no video related to the alleged incident was found on the phones. The police have also monitored social media platforms but have not come across any viral video in connection with the college incident. Some unrelated videos taken in different situations have been falsely linked to the college incident, with edited voices to mislead the public.
Notably, neither the affected student nor the college administration has lodged a police complaint in this regard. The police have not received any video evidence that would prompt them to initiate an investigation independently. SP Akshay Hakay Machindra appealed to the public that if anyone possesses the alleged video, they should come forward and provide it to the police for appropriate action.
Regarding an allegation of police harassment against Rashmi Sawant, who had tweeted about the issue, the SP clarified that the tweet was made from a fake account. The police contacted the user of the fake account to inform them that the content of the tweet was false, and they had no intention of troubling anyone.
The college management has already taken disciplinary action against the students involved in the incident based on the college's rules. The victim student, in the presence of their mother, has confirmed that the video was made for fun and immediately deleted after showing it to them, as conveyed to the college management.
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Over 17,000 people went missing in Delhi in 2024: NCRB
New Delhi (PTI): A total of 23,058 people, comprising 9,482 men and 13,576 women, were reported missing in Delhi in 2024, according to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
Of the total, 5,491 were children below the age of 18 — 1,571 boys, 3,920 girls.
The city recorded 17,567 fresh adult missing persons cases in 2024, comprising 7,911 men and 9,656 women.
According to the NCRB data, released on Wednesday, 14,637 men, 18,238 women and six transgender persons were still missing from previous years.
At the latest count, in 2024, Delhi had a total of 55,939 missing persons cases — 24,119 men, 31,814 women and six transgender persons.
In 2024, police traced or collected 28,392 missing persons, including 12,182 men, 16,208 women and two transgender persons.
Only half of the men and half of the women who went missing could be traced.
A total of 27,547 missing persons – 11,937 men, 15,606 women, four transgender persons — were yet to be untraced by the end of the year, the data showed.
The data also revealed that 5,352 children from previous years remained untraced at the beginning of 2024.
The number of still missing boys was 1,621, and the number of missing girls was 3,729. Two transgender children were yet to be found.
After adding the pending cases from previous years, the total number of missing children cases handled in 2024 rose to 10,843.
The police traced or recovered 6,762 missing children — 2,030 boys, 4,732 girls.
The recovery rate stood at 63.6 per cent for boys and 61.9 per cent for girls, while no transgender child was traced.
By the end of 2024, a total of 4,081 children remained untraced, 1,162 of them boys, 2,917 girls, and two transgender children.
