Bois Locker Room: Instagram Page by Delhi Teens Misuses Photos of Minor Girls to Spread Rape Culture

According to latest updates, some members of the group have been arrested for cyberbullying under Section 66 of the IT Act.

UPDATED ON: MAY 4, 2020, 1:36 PM IST

Rakhi Bose , News18.com

The group called 'Bois Locker Room' was allegedly made of young school and college going boys from Delhi | Image credit: Reuters/Instagram



An Instagram group with the name 'Bois Locker Room' has recently come to light, raising questions about the safety and security of women and underage girls on the photo and video sharing platform.

The group is allegedly run by a group of young boys from South Delhi who share images of women, many of them minors, without their permission on the group. These photos are further subjected to lewd comments, slut-shaming and body shaming.

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The group was exposed by some women on Instagram who have for the past two days taken up the issue with members of the group, lawyers as well as security agencies.



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An Instagram user by the name of Niska Nagpal was one of the first to expose the group on Instagram. Nagpal pointed out that the group has been active for quite some time and was full of images of underage women, many of whom had no idea that their images were being used.



When the women began to threaten the members of the group with action, some allegedly threatened to "leak" their nude photos. None of the photos or images in possession of the group were given to them by consent.

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'Bois Locker Room' also had a second support group containing women members as well. Many of the latter made attempts to shiel the perpetrators. Nevertheless, the posts about the group went viral and many joined the outrage against the group, which critics claimd was propagating and normalising rape culture apart from being downright illegal due to its child-pornographic undertones is also invasive of privacy.



Following the outrage, Shubham Singh, a cyber cell investigator who is on Instagram under the name @Shubhamcybercop started an investigation and managed to fine the contact information of some of the members and admin of the groups in question.

As per latest updates, some members of the group have been arrested under Section 66A of the IT Act for cyber bullying.



This is not the first time rape culture has been a widely discussed issue in India. In fact, several women and feminists on social media often complain about the toxic masculinity and inherent misogyny on display in various forms across social media. Critics have also complained against films, songs, and pop culture that propagates the objectification of women as a building block for such online communities
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Bois Locker Room Instagram Chat Leaks & Worrying 'Gang Rape Comments' by Delhi Teenage Boys Is a Grim Reminder of Mumbai IB School Students Talking About 'Raping' Classmate
Group Chat (Photo Credits: Pixabay) Pic used for representational purposes only
Just recently, some worrying screenshots from a boys Instagram group were leaked causing outrage on social media. The online group of teenage boys called the 'Bois Locker Room', has been accused of glorifying "gang rape" and casually talking about sexually assaulting their female classmate, by a Twitter user from Delhi. Many other Twitter users have identified the group member and also called them out. Netizens have been urging police intervention in this matter. Bois Locker Room Instagram Chat Group of Delhi Teenage Boys Glorifying Gang Rape Busted by Twitterati; Delhi Police Action Sought.

However, is it the first time something like this has happened? No. Many private Snapchat and Instagram chat groups have been accused of making "gang rape" comments and even circulating morphed images or deep nudes of teenage girls in the past. Last year, in the month of December, shocking chats surfaced from a top-ranked International Baccalaureate (IB) school in Mumbai. Eight students from the school, aged between 13 and 14 were suspended for using sexually explicit and violent language in context to their female classmates on Whatsapp. Mumbai Shocker: Top IB School Students Talk About 'Raping' Classmate, Refer Girls as 'Trash' in Awful Whatsapp Chats.



Is there a line one can draw between casual talks between friends to chats that could be threatening in all seriousness? Also, how can one be sure that chats like these won't materialise in the future? Well, netizens are currently urging the police to intervene and look into the matter. It is important to also check the authenticity of the chat screenshots going viral on social media.

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