Pune police book hacker for harassing college girl

PUNE: The Mundhwa police have booked an unidentified person for stalking and harassing a 19-year-old girl online.
According to the complaint, the incident occurred between May 30 and June 20 this year.
The girl alleged that the suspect hacked into her social media accounts on May 30 and gained access to her photographs. The hacker then started sending the girl obscene messages and demanded that she send her nude photographs.The suspect did not specify whether s/he was a man or a woman, the FIR stated.
When the girl refused multiple such demands, the suspect smeared her reputation. “On May 31, the suspect uploaded her photographs on a social media platform and said the girl was a call girl. The suspect continued to harass her,” police said.
Shaken, the girl submitted a written complaint to the cybercrime police, who referred it to the Mundhwa police.
A case has been registered under IPC sections 354 (d) and 500, as well as the IT Act.
Senior inspector Sampat Bhosale said they believe the suspect is not from Maharashtra.