The police arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly stalking, defaming, harassing and creating fake social media accounts of a make-up artiste in south Mumbai, after she refused to accept his friend request on Facebook.

According to the police, the 38-year-old woman works for a leading modeling firm, a report in the Indian Express read. Police said the accused Praful Mahadik, had sent her a friend request in 2016, but she did not accept it and blocked him. The report said the accused then kept creating new accounts and sending her friend requests.