Man held for creating obscene profiles of women

  • | Tuesday | 19th March, 2019

He would then prepare fake profiles of the women on a social networking site and project them as sex workers. PUNE: A man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly creating fake profiles of 12 women on a social networking site and demanding Rs1 lakh from one of them to remove the pages containing her obscene images and phone number. “He would randomly check social networking pages of women from the city to download and morph pictures. “He had joined a company in the MIDC as a helper,” he said.The police said Paswan was a school dropout. He also used to upload their cell phone numbers,”the police said.The cases came to light after the women started receiving obscene calls over the past one month.

PUNE: A man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly creating fake profiles of 12 women on a social networking site and demanding Rs1 lakh from one of them to remove the pages containing her obscene images and phone number. cybercrime cell team of the Pune police, headed by inspector Jayram Paygude and comprising sub-inspectors Kiran Aute and Manda Newase, zeroed in on the suspect, Ravi Kumar Paswan (22) of Rohtas in Bihar , in Kolhapur on Sunday.One of the aggrieved women, a resident of Sinhagad Road, had lodged a complaint against Paswan. The police said a majority of the women were college students staying in Kothrud , Deccan, Erandwane and areas dotting Sinhagad Road.Inspector Paygude said Paswan was arrested from MIDC Kagal in Kolhapur district . “He had joined a company in the MIDC as a helper,” he said.The police said Paswan was a school dropout. “He would randomly check social networking pages of women from the city to download and morph pictures. He would then prepare fake profiles of the women on a social networking site and project them as sex workers. He also used to upload their cell phone numbers,”the police said.The cases came to light after the women started receiving obscene calls over the past one month. “These calls disturbed the women as well as their family members,” the police said.The police said they were verifying why Paswan demanded money from the women and how he got their numbers.

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