One held for making fake Facebook profile

The Cyber Crime Wing of Punjab State Crime Branch,Mohali,today arrested a Chandigarh resident who created a fake profile of a girl on the popular social networking site,Facebook.

The Cyber Crime Wing of Punjab State Crime Branch,Mohali,today arrested a Chandigarh resident who created a fake profile of a girl on the popular social networking site,Facebook. The accused has been identified as Nitin Arora,a 25-year-old resident of Sector 44,Chandigarh. He was working as a software professional in the city.

The girl (complainant) is a student of Bachelor of Dental Science (BDS) in a private college at Mohali. In her complaint to SSP (Crime Branch),the girl alleged that somebody had created a fake ID in her name on Facebook and was misusing it to tarnish her image.

The State Crime Branch registered a case under sections 66A,66 D of the Information Technology Act and 419,506 of the Indian Penal Code on the complaint of the victim.

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Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh,SSP of State Crime Branch informed that the accused liked the girl who was earlier residing in the same locality,but the girl never responded to him. The boy created a profile in the name of the girl and uploaded her pictures.

He used to send obscene messages and posts through this fake profile. The case was investigated by a team of cyber wing officers.

Complaints can be made:policehelp100@gmail.com or ssp.cyber-pb@nic.in.

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