HYDERABAD: In 23 days, Rachakonda police recorded eight social media harassment and cyber-stalking court cases. Three FIRs were filed.
Last year, the commissionerate had registered 24 circumstances of social media harassment, of which 16 had been Facebook-related circumstances and five had been associated with WhatsApp harassment.
Cases of making a pretend profile with an aim to defame the sufferers had been as prime as 19 in 2018. In 80% of the circumstances, the accused had uploaded or circulated morphed pictures of the victim to defame her.
“Social media harassment and cyber stalking circumstances are on the upward push because the year began. Recently, a 17-year-old boy was apprehended for cyber stalking,” stated ACP cyber crime (Rachakonda), S Harinath. According to police, the minor would call steadily to bother the victim and later began sending vulgar pictures over WhatsApp. “Women should be wary and now not reply to strangers’ calls. Social media has grow to be a hub for cyber frauds,” added the ACP.
According to a source, most sufferers file normal diaries with the cops slightly than FIRs. “Police, on the other hand, insists on filing an FIR so that the perpetrator may also be arrested and booked for the serious offence,” stated a cop.
Last year, the commissionerate had registered 24 circumstances of social media harassment, of which 16 had been Facebook-related circumstances and five had been associated with WhatsApp harassment.
Cases of making a pretend profile with an aim to defame the sufferers had been as prime as 19 in 2018. In 80% of the circumstances, the accused had uploaded or circulated morphed pictures of the victim to defame her.
“Social media harassment and cyber stalking circumstances are on the upward push because the year began. Recently, a 17-year-old boy was apprehended for cyber stalking,” stated ACP cyber crime (Rachakonda), S Harinath. According to police, the minor would call steadily to bother the victim and later began sending vulgar pictures over WhatsApp. “Women should be wary and now not reply to strangers’ calls. Social media has grow to be a hub for cyber frauds,” added the ACP.
According to a source, most sufferers file normal diaries with the cops slightly than FIRs. “Police, on the other hand, insists on filing an FIR so that the perpetrator may also be arrested and booked for the serious offence,” stated a cop.
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