The Versova police have arrested a 31-year-old software engineer from Tamil Nadu who had allegedly sought photographs from up-and-coming actresses and models while posing as acclaimed director Sriram Raghavan on social media. The accused, Shanmuga Vadivel Thangavel, allegedly created fake Instagram and Facebook accounts to this end.

According to the police, the matter came to light when some models and actresses approached people close to the actual filmmaker and told them about their conversations on social media and the promises ‘he’ had made to them. When Sriram was informed about this, he was taken aback as he did not have an Instagram account and had not been active on Facebook. He then approached the Versova police and filed a complaint in April, an officer said.