Gujarat Police

National Commission for Women

Women Leelaben Ankolia

complaint

Ideally, the student should have complained to us. But we came to know through NCW. We have no idea of which year, which course classes were hacked into Anup Singh, Director General, Nirma University

NCW received a message from a Nirma student that an unidentified man hacked into their online class and performed a despicable act. We have sought copy of report from NCW Leelaben Ankolia, GSCW

Anup Singh

Barad

NCW writes toseeking a probe into the matter after an online video class of a group at Nirma varsity was hacked into by a man who performed an indecent actAn online group video call of a prominent college was hacked into by an unidentified person who allegedly masturbated in full view, leaving the entire class in a state of shock. After a student of Nirma University sent a message to the(NCW) regarding the incident, the NCW on Monday wrote to Gujarat Police, seeking probe into the matter.Gujarat State Commission fortold Mirror, "The NCW has received a message from a Nirma student that an unidentified man hacked into their online class and performed a despicable act. We have asked for a report of thefrom the NCW. They have written to the state DGP."The student's message to the NCW reportedly states that a group call on Zoom app was hacked into by an unknown youth who started masturbating on the video call.Educational institutions, including schools and colleges, have started online classrooms since the lockdown and the alleged incident is an eye-opener for the online safety and security of women. An official in the state DGP's office said, "We have received no intimation from the NCW as yet. It may reach us soon."Sola Police Inspector J P Jadeja, under whose jurisdiction Nirma University falls, said, "I received a call from the NCW asking me if I had received a complaint from a student of the institution. I told them we had not received a complaint but if you share communication details of the complainant, I will promptly send my personnel to ensure that a complaint is registered. The caller told me that she will call back but she is yet to return the call."Nirma University Director Generalsaid that they learnt about the reported incident through an email from NCW. "Ideally, the student should have complained to us. But we came to know through NCW. We have no idea of which year, which course classes were hacked into and this incident happened. We will first try and verify this incident. We will reach out to directors of all institutes and check with them if they have received complaint from any student," Singh told Mirror.He also said that Nirma officials will also write to NCW to share further details. "As lockdown was immediate, we did not have time to buy software to conduct online classes. Institutes hold classes using available online video calling platforms. We will check options too," Singh added. Cyber crime Inspector V Bsaid, "We have not yet received any complaint or an application about the incident."The alleged incident comes days after the Home Ministry raised an alarm of using the Zoom Video Calling app, terming it as unsafe.(Inputs by Niyati Rana)