The clip spread through local networks via Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), which was the primary method for transferring media between phones at the time. However, the controversy exploded into a full-blown national crisis on , when a student from IIT Kharagpur listed the video for sale on Baazee.com (an online auction portal later acquired by eBay Inc.).
: In the wake of the scandal, schools nationwide implemented strict bans on mobile devices within academic premises, policies that persisted for over a decade. dps rk puram mms scandal 2004 34
In November 2004, India’s capital city, Delhi, found itself at the center of a media firestorm. A grainy video clip, shot on a mobile phone, emerged, sparking debates about technology, adolescent sexuality, and privacy that would continue for decades. This event, now etched in the country’s memory as the DPS MMS scandal, involved two students from the prestigious Delhi Public School (DPS) in the RK Puram area. The clip spread through local networks via Multimedia