Fake social media profile for former Mumbai Police Commissioner Ahmed Javed has been posting pictures and updates while he is out of the country. The profile is still active despite being reported
The fake profile on Facebook
Former Mumbai police commissioner and current Indian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ahmed Javed, is suddenly making the rounds on Facebook. However, it is a fake profile that despite being reported is still active. In fact, the owner posted a picture of "himself" with a certain "Pratik Kadam" as recently as 1.13 pm on Monday. Javed’s unknowing followers have been liking and tagging the posts without the explicit knowledge that this isn’t the ex-top cop. The manager of the profile has also craftily filled out details about Javed, mixing facts with claims that he previously "worked at the FBI".
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Latest picture posted on the profile
The matter was brought to light last week when Thane resident and animal activist Meet Ashar was searching for Javed on the website and stumbled upon the page. Ashar first reported the issue to Facebook, but as the social media site has still not taken any action against it, he says that on July 20, he wrote an email to the current city police commissioner, Dattatray Padsalgikar, requesting his intervention in the matter. "If you look at the profile closely, you will immediately realise that it is a fake account. This can be used to fraud people (sic)," Ashar wrote in the mail.
The fake profile on Facebook
Ashar received the response from the commissioner’s office the same day, informing him that the "email has been forwarded to Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime)...for further necessary action."
mid-day first got in touch with Javed over Twitter, informing him about the development. After complying with his request to send the link for authentication, mid-day received a reply from the Ambassador’s Office at the Embassy of India in Riyadh on Monday, which stated: "Kindly be informed that it is a fake profile and has no connection with H.E.Ahmad Javed, Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and previously Commissioner of Police, Mumbai."
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