Man held for harassing young women on social media platforms: Delhi Police

A 32yearold man was apprehended from his Uttam Nagar residence here for allegedly stalking and harassing young women on social media platforms police said on SundayThe accused Pradeep Sharma 32 is a resident of Bhagwati Vihar in Uttam Nagar they said adding that he is an interior designer by professionThe accused used to source pictures of the victims private moments from their boyfriends by posing as a young woman on social mediaAn FIR was lodged on the basis of a complaint from an 18yearold woman The complainant alleged that she was being harassed by an unidentified person on social media The accused had access to personal pictures and videos of the woman and was threatening to make those viral a senior police officer saidThe pictures and videos were with her former boyfriend who denied sharing those with anyone police saidAlso read Madhya Pradesh 43 people fall ill after eating food at wedding functionDetails related to the accuseds social media profile were obtained including the IP addresses and email ID used during registration and Sharma was apprehended from his residence Deputy Commissioner of Police North Sagar Singh Kalsi saidThe accused has been married for the last eight years and has a son police saidHe has a strange obsession for young women and being very shy and introvert used to indulge in cyberstalking they addedHe started making fake profiles on social media platforms through which he used to get in touch with young men police saidPretending to be a woman the accused used to indulge in seductive conversations with the men and obtain videos and pictures of private moments of their girlfriends along with their Instagram profile details they addedThe accused used to stalk these women using another fake profile and threaten them by showing their private pictures and videos to them asking for more nude videos and photos police saidNude pictures and videos of more than 50 women were found from the mobile phone of the accused police addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever