Wardha: The Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University in Wardha again finds itself in the eye of the storm as over 100 staff members, students and others, including women, received obscene videos and photographs in APK file format from its technical assistant’s WhatsApp account.Following the allegations, student organisations expressed strong anger and demanded strict action against the employee concerned. Taking note of the matter, the university administration convened an urgent meeting of the women grievance redressal committee. Complaints were also reportedly submitted to senior officials.Amid the allegations, the university registrar suspended the employee from whose WhatsApp account objectionable images were sent. The employee, however, has lodged a complaint with the cyber cell, claiming his WhatsApp account was hacked and that someone else circulated the objectionable videos and photographs.In his submission to the university, the employee said, “I am physically disabled (divyang), and a conspiracy is being hatched to mentally harass me. On May 15, at around 4:46pm, my WhatsApp account was hacked. Following this, I was automatically logged out from both my mobile phone and computer. Messages were then sent through WhatsApp to all the contact numbers saved on my phone,” he said.Later, the employee informed registrar Kadar Nawaz Khan and finance officer P Sardar Singh about the incident. Shah said the registrar instructed him to immediately file an online complaint on the cybercrime portal and mentioned that CCTV footage could also be examined.Subsequently, Shah reached the SP office and lodged an online FIR, after which the cyber cell restored his account. Shah alleged that, without any investigation or verifying facts, he was suspended on May 15.
