**Authorities in India’s Orissa state are issuing warnings after incidents where footage of women in bed with their boyfriends was sold as sex videos.**Officials are launching a campaign to warn young women about the dangers of rushing into a physical relationship.
It follows several cases of women being secretly filmed by their boyfriends naked or having sex.
Reports say one woman attempted suicide after footage of her ended up being sold as pornographic material.
Most such videos are sold in markets or shared on the internet.
“It is a serious concern and we need to act fast,” chairperson of the Orissa State Women’s Commission Jyoti Panigrahi told the BBC, adding that the campaign is targeted at college students.
Non-governmental organisations working on women’s issues will also be involved in the campaign.
Ms Panigrahi said parents needed to monitor the movements of their daughters and keep an eye on their activities and friends.
Suicide attempt
One 22-year-old woman from Kamkshanagar in Dhenkanal district attempted suicide and is being treated in hospital, after footage of her was sold. Police say that a similar case involving another couple was reported around the same time.
Police have raided shops selling video CDs and seized hundreds of CDs of the two women.
Lawyers in Kamakshanagar have held a protest rally demanding the immediate arrest of the “boyfriends” involved.
“There is also an urgent need to amend the law to give stringent punishment in such cases,” activist Anuradha Mohanty told the BBC.
The state campaign comes after a student in Cuttack city committed suicide when her boyfriend sold CDs of their physical encounters.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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