The early 2000s saw the initial rollout of camera-enabled mobile phones.
In late 2004, a 17-year-old student at DPS R. K. Puram recorded an intimate video with a female classmate using a mobile phone camera. The digital footage was quickly shared across the capital’s elite student networks via Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS).
The legacy of the DPS R. K. Puram scandal serves as a stark reminder of the social damage caused by early digital media and the ongoing need for strict privacy protections online.
The school administration, led by then-principal Dr. Shyama Chona, moved quickly to suspend the students to protect the institution's elite reputation. The unequal social stigma eventually forced the female student to leave India to pursue her studies abroad, highlighting the devastating consequences of non-consensual digital distribution. Legal and Structural Reform
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