YouTuber Shikha Metray Arrested For Allegedly Promoting Child Sexual Assault

YouTuber Shikha Metray, also known as Kuwari Begum, has been taken into custody by Ghaziabad Police on charges of encouraging child sexual assault. Based on a complaint by activist Deepika Narayan Bhardwaj, who brought attention to Metray’s offensive content on X (formerly Twitter) and called for police action against the YouTuber, an FIR was filed on June 12.

The FIR was filed in accordance with IPC section 293 and IT Act-67B, which forbid the selling of pornography to minors and the dissemination of obscene content.

Metray, a resident of Ghaziabad, is accused of posting over 115 videos on her YouTube channel, which has attracted attention despite having just 2,050 subscribers.

Bhardwaj specifically brought up a video on Metray’s YouTube channel titled ‘She will say no. Let her’ in her complaint, alleging that it implied males should disregard women’s approval and promoted sexually aggressive conduct against women and children. Bhardwaj said that Metray’s content misled young males.

Assistant Police Commissioner Ritesh Tripathi stated in a post on X that a case has been filed under appropriate sections based on a complaint that was received at the Kaushambi police station. They said that other judicial actions are pending and that the aforementioned woman has been placed under custody.

Additional CP Dinesh P. Kumar stated, according to DNA, that two teams were formed to apprehend Metray.

A laptop and a mobile phone were confiscated from her, and an investigation is ongoing, he added.

Talks on taking down the offensive videos — some of which have had close to 800 views — are also in progress with Google.

Metray, who graduated from Delhi’s National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), currently works for an apparel firm in the capital.

According to reports, Metray turned her YouTube page private in response to the negative feedback, meaning that no one could access her content or learn more about the type of videos she was creating.

Her Instagram and Facebook accounts are also inaccessible in addition to this.

Nevertheless, it appears that X user conducted a background investigation on her before she turned her YouTube page private.

Social media users are furious at the incident and have joined the demand calling for Metray’s arrest.

With the hashtag “jail bhejo,” some other YouTubers have even started a campaign calling on authorities to prosecute the accused as soon as possible.

The police inquiry is underway.