Bengaluru News: Man Shares Morphed Pictures Of Live-In Partner On Social Media To Read Comments; Arrested

A man was arrested in Bengaluru for allegedly posting morphed pictures of his 24-year-old live-in partner on various social media platforms. Police said that the accused, identified as Sanjay Kumar (26), stated that he derived “pleasure” from reading comments posted below the uploaded pictures of his girlfriend.

The two are from Tamil Nadu’s Vellore and have known each other since class 10. They were also planning to get married soon, the boy said during police interrogation.

The woman had filed a complaint with police along with Sanjay Kumar, claiming that someone had uploaded her private pictures on some social media platforms such as Telegram and Instagram.

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Based on a complaint by the couple, police registered a case under section 420 (Cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the IPC and other relevant sections of the Information Technology Act, a senior police official said as reported by news agency PTI.

The cybercrime unit initiated an investigation and approached the social media platforms concerned to take down those photos and started looking for the details of the account through which they were uploaded online.  

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During the investigation, it turned out that the live-in partner of the woman, Sanjay Kumar, was the one who had posted them online. The man also confessed to the crime during the police interrogation. He had also posted morphed pictures of his friends and relatives on social media platforms, police said.