The accused, Amandeep Kumar, hails from Punjab’s Kapurthala, police stated. (Representational)
New Delhi:
A 30-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly harassing a lady by importing her objectionable images and cell phone quantity on social media platforms, the Delhi Police stated on Tuesday.
The accused, Amandeep Kumar, hails from Punjab’s Kapurthala, they added.
According to police, the accused, who’s unemployed, had a behavior of browsing sexual content material on-line and had randomly accomplished this act “for enjoyable”.
The matter got here to gentle after a 24-year-old Shahdara resident approached the police with a criticism, alleging that somebody had created a pretend Instagram account and uploaded her objectionable images and cell quantity, a senior officer stated.
A case was registered underneath sections 354C (voyeurism), 354D (stalking), 469 (forgery for function of harming popularity) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and part 67 of the Information Technology Act on the idea of the sufferer’s assertion.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Rohit Meena stated the investigating crew collected the IP addresses of the stated Instagram profile and performed an in depth evaluation of the Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR) throughout which the alleged IPDR addresses have been discovered registered in opposition to the accused’s cell quantity.
“The cellphone quantity was discovered to be registered within the title of Amandeep Kumar. With the assistance of technical surveillance and secret data, the accused was arrested from his home in Punjab’s Kapurthala,” the DCP stated.
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