Mumbai housing society secretary faces police action over derogatory remarks

An FIR has been registered against the secretary of a housing society in Mumbai for allegedly making objectionable remarks against a residents wife in an official group email police said reported news agency PTIA 41yearold financial consultant the complainant in the case lives with his wife and other family members in the Thakur Village area of KandivaliThe man an active participant in his housing society matters apparently had frequent disagreements with the secretary over administrative issues an official from Samta Nagar police station said on Monday reported PTIThe secretary had tried to obstruct the mans involvement in society work leading to repeated verbal altercations between themOn October 10 ahead of the managing committee meeting scheduled on October 17 the man sent an email listing a few discussion points to the societys official email ID In response the secretary sent a reply addressed to all the committee members with alleged defamatory remarks against the mans wife the official said reported PTIBased on the mans complaint the police on Sunday registered a case against the secretary under Sections 79 word sound gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman including actions performed online and 3562 defamation of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Information Technology Act the official addedKolhapur man held for posing as woman blackmailing MLAMeanwhile a 26yearold man has been arrested for allegedly posing as a woman and blackmailing an MLA in Maharashtras Thane city to extort money from him police said on Monday reported PTIThe Thane city police on Sunday arrested the accused Mohan Jyotiba Pawar under section 3083 extortion of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and provisions of the Information Technology IT Act Deputy Commissioner of Police Wagle Estate Prashant Kadam said reported PTIThe police had earlier registered a case against a woman but after a probe they zeroed in on Pawar and apprehended him from KolhapurThe official said the accused allegedly posed as a woman and sent the MLA several chat messages including obscene and objectionable videos and photos blackmailed him and demanded Rs 510 lakhA probe team examined technical inputs and call detail records CDRs of the mobile number used by the perpetrator traced him to Kolhapur he said reported PTITo establish credibility and convince the MLA that he was interacting with a woman the accused sent a photo of his sisters Aadhaar card to the legislator the official added reported PTIThere was only one person involved and neither the accuseds sister nor any other woman was part of the crime he said adding that Pawar got acquainted with the MLA during the latters stay in his constituency in KolhapurWith inputs from PTI