Fraud held
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 11 2018:
Cyber Crime Unit Imphal West arrested 35 years old Amom Joykumar for creating a fake Facebook account of a girl and uploading the victim's photo with obscene messages.
According to a reliable source, a written complaint was lodged by the mother of the victim before the OC, Keibul Lamjao PS on June 2, stating that a few days back an unknown individual used her daughter's name and phone number and created a Facebook account.
The individual also posted unwanted pictures using offensive words which harmed her daughter's reputation and as a result her daughter was suffering from mental harassment, it added.
On receiving the complaint, Cyber Crime Unit Imphal West started an investigation to arrest the culprit.
During the course of the investigation, it was learned that one Amom Joykumar (35) s/o A Shamu Meitei of Wangoo Tera Mayai Leikai had created the fake Facebook account in the month of June this year.
After five days, he created another fake account of the victim using his mobile phone and also uploaded the victim's photos and mobile phone number in the account.
The accused was arrested by a joint team of Cyber Crime Unit Imphal West and Keibul Lamjao police from his residence at around 2.30 pm and a mobile phone which he had used in the commission of the crime was also seized from his possession.