A 28-year-old office boy has been arrested for allegedly creating fake social media profiles of his former wife in an attempt to defame her
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A 28-year-old office boy has been arrested for allegedly creating fake social media profiles of his former wife in an attempt to defame her. He is also believed to have posted derogatory comments and even sent invites to random men as per reports by the Times of India.
As per the MIDC police the accused was employed as an office boy and confessed to creating these fake Facebook profiles of his former wife after they got divorced in December 2017.
The lady who lived in Andheri found out about her former husbands antics when she came across a Facebook account that she had not created. On reading the derogatory comments on the account she panicked and approached the MIDC police.
In her complaint, the woman said, "I found three fake Facebook accounts in my name filled with abusive and derogatory comments."
Investigating officer Pravin Ghadge then contacted Facebook via an email and requested them for the details of the fake profiles, including when they were created, IP address and mobile number used to create them. He said, "The complainant found three fake Facebook accounts, while we traced six more during the probe."
The police said that the woman was so traumatized that she wanted to commit suicide if they did not trace the accused. The occiders then identified her former husband to be the culprit after Facebook sent them the technical advice they needed. The accused was arrested in February 14th 2018. Senior police inspector, Shailesh Pasalwar, said, "The accused had created at least nine fake profiles of his former wife. He wanted to malign her character."
Another officer said, "The comments on the profile pictures were derogatory, which were written to malign her social image. Nawale's mobile phone has been seized and sent to the forensic science laboratory for analysis."
The couple had a love marriage in December 2014 but later separated due to domestic issues. The accused has been booked under IPC 500(defamation), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) and under the IT Act section 66 (C) (identity theft). He was later released on bail.
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