A MOBILE PHONE USED IN COMMMISION OF CRIME ALSO RECOVERED., ACCUSED MADE A PROFILE OVER SOCIAL MEDIA IN NAME OF A FEMALE AND USED TO SEND REQUESTS TO OTHERS.
(MOREPIC1)Face2News/New Delhi
With the arrest of a desperate criminal namely, Kuldeep S/o Mahavir R/o Ludhiana, Punjab, Age- 25 Years, Staff of Cyber PS/North-West solved a case registered vide FIR No. 14/23 u/s 354A/354B/ 509 IPC and recovered mobile phone used in commission of crime from his possession. He made a profile over social media in name of a female and used to send requests to others, in order to get friendly with them and later used to post morphed photographs of the victim over social media in order to harass them.
A complaint was received in Cyber PS/North-West in which a lady complainant aged- 24 years alleged that on 15/03/2023, she received a friend request from an unknown Instagram ID in the name of one Simran and she accepted the same friend request as there were many mutual friends. After sometime, she came to know that alleged Instagram account had used her photograph as display pic and post her edited/morphed objectionable photographs and objectionable comments on Instagram.
Mr. Jitendra Kr Meena, IPS, DCP, North West, said, the alleged made a collage using the photograph of the complainant with another photo of any other female. The alleged started inducing the complainant for undue favours through Instagram and whatsapp messages/calls, in order to harass her. The alleged unknown person started stalking her online and molested her through Instagram & whatsapp messages & calls.
In this regard, a case vide FIR No. 14/23 u/s 354A/354B/ 509 IPC was registered in PS Cyber/North-West and investigation was taken up.
Considering the gravity of offence & sensitivity of case, a dedicated team led by Inspr. Vijender Singh, SHO/PS Cyber, North-West comprising of SI Vinod, W/SI Mohini, ASI Shahir Khan, HC Jasbir & HC Sohan was deployed to work on this case under the close supervision of Sh. Pankaj Singh, ACP/Operations and overall supervision of the undersigned.
The complainant was examined in detail and on the basis of technical surveillance, suspect was zeroed in at a place in Ludhiana, Punjab. Accordingly, a raiding team was immediately sent to Ludhiana, Punjab and with the help of local police, suspect was identified and nabbed who was later identified as Kuldeep S/o Mahavir R/o Ludhiana, Punjab, Age- 25 Years.(SUBHEAD)
During his sustained interrogation, he confessed his involvement in the case and further on his instance, mobile phone used in commission of crime was recovered. He made a profile over social media in name of a female and used to send requests to others, in order to get friendly with them and later used to post morphed photographs of the victim over social media in order to harass them. He further disclosed that he wanted to make a girlfriend and when his proposals got rejected, he used to post their morphed photographs with objectionable comments, in order to take revenge from them.
Further efforts are being made to trace their possible involvement in other cases also.
Details of Accused Persons:- Kuldeep S/o Mahavir R/o Ludhiana, Punjab, Age- 25 Years.
Recovery:- Mobile phone used in commission of crime.
Further investigation of the case is in progress.