The CID arrested a doctor on Monday for allegedly publishing obscene morphed images and abusive material about a software engineer on Orkut. According to the CID, the accused doctor used online social networking websites to defame the victim. A complaint was lodged by the victim’s parents with the cyber crime cell on November 2.
During the investigation, the IP addresses of the postings were collected from Orkut. Using the IP addresses, Dr Manohar was identified. He was arrested on Monday and the cops seized his laptop and data card. Manohar said he used to give missed calls to mobile phones randomly, and that he had accidentally come in contact with the daughter of the complainant who happened to be a software engineer.
He said he became friendly with the woman and asked her to marry him, but she refused. Manohar said that to avenge this, he had started harassing her over the phone and by sending abusive emails. The police said that the accused allegedly created a fake profile in the name of the victim on Orkut, and uploaded obscene morphed images and abusive content about her. He also sent “friend requests” to many friends and colleagues of the victim from the fake profile.
The girl didn’t know of her fake profile till a friend got a “friend request”. The cops booked a case against the doctor. Posting images of anybody without consent is an offense. Creating a profile using another person’s name without their consent is also an offense. Those who post material on the Net can be tracked using their IP numbers.
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