Hyderabad: The Cyber Crime police of Hyderabad arrested a person S Jishnu Kirthan Reddy, a resident of Medchal who threatened young girls and collected their nude pictures and videos.
K Shilpavalli, DCP Cybercrimes Hyderabad said on December 28 the police received a complaint that one unknown person with a fake Instagram account morphed a few photos of the complainant’s daughter aged 14 years.
In the complaint, he also alleged that the accused, Kirthan Reddy was pressuring her daughter and threatening to release these nude pictures if the victim didn’t send a nude photo/video of her every day.
“Kirthan Reddy chatted with the victim girl using the Instagram account of a woman,” said Shilpavalli.
A case was registered in Sections 67, 67A, 66 (C), 66(D) IT ACT & 354D, 506, 509 IPC, and 11 r/w 12 POCSO Act, and the accused was apprehended. He was sent for judicial remand.
DCP Cybercrimes, Shilpavalli, advised girls/women not to chat/ share any private pictures/ information with strangers or unknown persons.
Further, they are advised to keep their social media handles private. She asked them not to panic and to reach the nearest PS/ Cybercrimes PS Hyderabad for immediate assistance.
The police seized the mobile phone of Kirthan Reddy and sent it to a forensic laboratory for analysis. The police will take him into custody for further investigation of the case and find out how many women/girls he threatened and collected the photographs.
