Two held for cyberstalking in Hyderabad

A software professional and a businesswoman have been arrested

from Hyderabad for allegedly cyberstalking a 36-year-old assistant

professor by uploading her personal photographs with abusive

comments on a social media website.

The 41-year-old software employee, and the businesswoman, aged

25, were a business partner, and were arrested on a charge of

cyberstalking, Rachakonda Commissioner of Police Mahesh M

Bhagwat said. Both the inculpate were detained from a sub-urban

area Moulali.

The accused and the victim were staying in the same apartment

complex. The dupe worked as an assistant professor at a private

college here.

They committed the crime due to some family dispute of the

software professional with the family dispute of the victim.

 The accused created a fake Facebook profile of the victim and used it

inappropriately.

During interrogation, both of them confessed that they created a

fake Facebook account and posted a personal picture of the victim

with abusive and vulgar comments, Bhagwat said.

The victim lodged a complaint with the police on October 21, with

a case under relevant sections of the Information Technology Act

and yesterday arrested the two accused, police added. PTI VVK GK

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