Telangana: Youth arrested for posting morphed obscene photos

HYDERABAD: Cyber crime sleuths of Rachakonda arrested a 22-year old civil services aspirant pursuing masters degree in Psychiatry for posting the morphed obscene photos of women engineering college faculty members in Telegram groups. The accused used virtual numbers and Virtual Private Network (VPN) app to cover his tracks while interacting with the victims and blackmailed them to pay in cryptocurrency to not upload the obscene photos online.
On June 6, a woman faculty member of a private engineering college in Ghatkersar lodged a complaint with Rachakonda cyber crime police alleging that she received vulgar messages from unknown person on Telegram containing her morphed photos. The complainant also mentioned that the offender was sending obscene messages from different accounts on telegram asking for cryptocurrency payment to not circulate her obscene photos on social media.
The offender has also posted the complainant’s colleague’s photos along with other details on pintrest app. While investigating the case, police realised that the offender has downloaded details of the victims from the college website.