26-year-old held in south Delhi for sending obscene videos to woman

NEW DELHI: A 26-year old man was arrested for sending obscene videos and messages to a girl from north-east India residing in south Delhi’s Safdarjung Enclave. The woman told police that she received a video call from an unknown number and when she answered, the caller flashed at her. He then sent her several lewd videos of himself. Police said on Wednesday that the accused had indulged in similar behaviour with other women too.
When the cops arrested the accused Salman, and scanned his mobile phone, they discovered he had sent similar videos and messages to at least 30 women.When investigating officials reached out to some of the women to check they had filed a complaint, most said they had blocked the man rather than file an FIR.
According to police, the victim in the latest incident complained that on October 12 she received a WhatsApp video call from an unknown number. When she accepted the video call, the caller exposed himself to her. Later, the man started sending his nude videos and pictures to her. Despite not responding to these, the woman continued to receive videos and calls from Salman.
After a case was registered for stalking and outraging the modesty of a woman and for violations provisions of the IT Act, an investigating team was set up under inspector Umesh Barthwal and consisting of sub-inspector Vivek Malik and constable Nemichand. “The phone number was found registered in Kota, Rajasthan, so we sent a team there,” said Devender Arya, DCP (Southwest). “The person in whose name the number was registered revealed his friend Salman was using the SIM card. Salman was tracked and arrested in Rohtak.”
During interrogation, Salman admitted using WhatsApp to send sexually explicit content to random girls. Police retrieved the mobile phone and SIM card used in the offence.
In a similar incident, two men from Noida were arrested for sending obscene messages and pictures to a woman on her phone and through social media and threatening her not report the matter to police. The arrested, Deshbandhu Singh, 24, is the chief security guard at a private company, while Gajender Singh, 23, a school dropout, is a helper in the same company.