Dahisar Police in Mumbai have arrested a 25-year-old security guard from Bengaluru for allegedly creating several fake Instagram profiles of women who ignored his friend requests, police said.

According to police sources, when the women did not respond, the accused allegedly created fake accounts using their names, morphed their photos with obscene content, and portrayed them as sex workers.

He also circulated these fake profiles on social media and shared them with the victims' friends, they said.