The Bengaluru West Division Cyber Crime police are on the lookout for a man, who opened a Facebook account in the name of an IPS officer to harass a woman.
Based on a complaint by the victim’s husband, Manjunath C., the police took up a case on Monday, charging the accused with identity theft (Section 66C of IT Act).
The accused, identified as Prashanth, was a colleague of the complainant’s wife and allegedly started harassing her through late-night calls and messages from different mobile numbers. The accused even put up private photos of the victim on his Facebook, Instagram, and Telegram accounts.
Recently, the accused had opened a Facebook account in the name of former DCP West Division, Sanjeev Patil, and sent a friend request to the victim, said the police.
Recently, BBMP chief Tushar Giri Nath filed a complaint with Central Division Cyber Crime police against unknown persons misusing his picture on WhatsApp to sent messages to his colleagues seeking Amazon gift cards.
