KOLHAPUR: A youth has been arrested by Bhudargad police for creating a fake WhatsApp profile of a girl who is the daughter of an eminent writer.
The suspect — Sangram Yashwant Desai, a resident of Anturli village of Bhudargad tehsil — was arrested after the writer lodged a complaint with police regarding the fake profile that was being used to chat with people by impersonating the latter’s daughter.
The complaint was registered a month ago and the youth was arrested on Thursday. Sanjay More, police inspector of Bhudargad police station said, “We found no motive behind creating the fake WhatsApp profile and chatting with others. So far no complaint of any crime he committed by impersonating as a daughter of the writer has been made by anyone. We invoked section 6 (c) of Information and Technology Act. The section is bailable and he was granted bail immediately after being produced before the court.”
More said an appeal has been made to the public to come forward if the youth has harrassed or cheated them using the Whatsapp profile.
