Schoolboy quizzed over sex video

Police in India are questioning a schoolboy in connection with the filming and sale of video clips of a sexual act in a leading Delhi school. The boy allegedly circulated the clip via mobile phones according to the BBC.

The boy allegedly recorded a sexual act between himself and a 16-year-old schoolgirl on his mobile phone. The pictures were then circulated across India and abroad.

Police say the clip, lasting two minutes and 37 seconds, was copied on to video CDs and sold.

Both the boy and the girl have since been expelled from the school, one Delhi's leading institutions.

The pictures have caused a scandal in India, where shows of public intimacy such as holding hands are frowned upon.

Last week, authorities also arrested a student at India's premier technological institute, the Indian Institute of Technology, on charges of selling the clip on the auction site, Bazee.com, for 125 rupees ($2.85; £1.47).

Transmitting or selling pornography is illegal in India, but possessing or viewing it in private is not."

Related articles:

-- Ban on camera enabled cellphones on campus - Hindustan Times

-- Delhi schoolboy sparks global porn row - The Guardian

-- More revealing than a wet sari - Salon.com

-- EBay Fights India Arrest Over Sale of Sex Video - NY Times

-- Delhi sex: MMS boy destroyed mobile phone - Express India

emily | 9:20 AM | Porn and Dark Side of MMS |
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