Anuppur youth nabbed for creating girl’s fake FB profile
   Date :11-Nov-2019

BHOPAL Cyber Crime Branch have arrested a BCom graduate from Anuppur district for creating fake profile of a Bhopal-based girl on facebook using her photograph and threatening her on WhatsApp number. The accused did this after being rejected by the girl.
 
Police said that the victim used to study with the accused in the same school and was acquainted with the accused. The victim filed a complaint with the Cyber Cell regarding threats on fake facebook profiles made by using her photographs and regular threatening on phone.
 
The Cyber Cell started investigations and obtained information from Facebook Legal Department. Based on the information it was found that the fake profile was operated from Anuppur.
 
Two mobile numbers 8770803441 and 9098289792 were tracked which were used in the crime and harassing the victim. Mobile numbers were tracked and it was found that the two numbers were operated by Prakash Armo of Anuppur, a BCom graduate who is presently unemployed and helping his father in farming.
 
Based on the complaint after preliminary investigation police have registered a case under sections 504, 507 of the IPC and 67 C of IT Act and nabbed the accused. Police are yet to confirm crime record of the accused and his involvement in crime of similar nature and will search electronic devices and social media accounts.
 
Reason of creating fake profile will be investigated as the accused revealed that he used to study with the victim and was in a one-sided affair with her and when victim came to know about the ill intentions of accused she stopped taking to him. The accused later created a fake profile and used the same number to threaten her.