This Bus Conductor From Palghar Was Arrested For Selling Sex Videos On Porn Sites. Whatever Happened To Consent?

This Bus Conductor From Palghar Was Arrested For Selling Sex Videos On Porn Sites. Whatever Happened To Consent?

Tell me something, how difficult is it to understand the concept of consent? When a woman says yes, it’s a yes. Anything else is a firm no. It’s not rocket science, is it? Then why do I get the feeling that a lot of men would learn how to get to the moon faster than grasp this concept? In the last few years, a lot of women have taken to social media and other platforms to talk about their horrifying brushes with sexual assaults and harassment. Consent and its conditions have been widely discussed especially due to the significant surge in cases. But it still seems like people don’t get it or they don’t want to get it. Take this latest example for instance. A bus conductor in Mumbai was arrested for making sex videos and selling them to porn sites. Every day, it seems like we take one step forward and ten steps back. 

A 32-year-old bus conductor, Milind Zade works for the Thane Muncipal Transport. He was arrested on Thursday by the Boisar police for recording his sexual acts with women and selling them to a porn site. According to reports, he would lure in women on the pretext of getting them government jobs and then secretly record himself having sex with them. He would then upload these obscene videos on a porn site. 

So far, two women (aged 18 and 30) have filed complaints against Zade. All this came to light when a relative of the 30-year-old victim alerted her about this video doing rounds online and she decided to approach the police. These women had no idea they were being recorded and Zade would always ensure to hide his face on camera while the woman would be completely recognizable. The police told TOI that Zade said between November and June 2019 he made more than Rs 5 lakh by selling the sex videos. Police recovered 62 clips from Zade. All of them had been uploaded on a porn website. 

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The police also said that they are still trying to track down the other victims. They tracked down a woman from Vasai who was shocked to learn about Zade and his operation. 

On Thursday, the police received news that Zade would be coming to meet his pregnant wife. They laid a trap and he was arrested and booked under the relevant sections of the IPC. 

As glad as I am that this man is off the streets, I can’t help but wonder about the rest of the women who have no idea there is a sex video of them on porn sites. It’s horrifying and disgusting. 

It’s cases like these that are like a slap in the face. It’s become essential, now more than ever, to learn and understand everything about consent. Though these women might’ve agreed to sexual intercourse (we don’t know this for sure), they most definitely did not agree to be put up for show like this. It’s not okay to film a woman, not tell her about it and then upload it online. In fact, it’s messed up.

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Mitali Shah

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