Overview
- Madikeri Rural Police arrested 21-year-old Mohammad Savad on January 29 after private videos featuring him and multiple women surfaced online.
- A case was registered on January 22 under Sections 79 and 294 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita along with relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act.
- The probe began after Kodagu Development Committee president M. S. Prasanna Bhat received clips on WhatsApp on January 21 and filed a police complaint.
- Police say the visuals appear self-recorded and note that some women identified in the clips come from politically active families, fueling local outrage.
- Preliminary findings suggest friends of the accused may have leaked the videos, with suspected assaults on those who shared the clips and a separate beating video of the accused under verification and no formal assault complaints filed.