A team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrived in the Udupi district of Karnataka on Tuesday to take up an investigation into the controversial washroom video case at a college.
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The state government handed over the case from the district police to the CID on Monday.
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The team, led by Deputy SP Anjumala Nayak visited the office of the Udupi district superintendent of police and collected information related to the case, police said.
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The CID team held discussions with SP Hakay Akshay Machhindra and Deputy SP Belliappa who was leading the investigation till now.
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The team will be taking evidence from the victim, the accused students, and representatives of the college management, police said.
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The incident, which took place on July 19, took a political turn with a series of protests in the town demanding action against the three students who allegedly filmed another girl inside the washroom of the paramedical college here.
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It was communally portrayed in certain circles because the victim and the accused belonged to different religions.
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The BJP held state-wide protests on the issue demanding the arrest of the three girls and an investigation by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the incident.