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IITian who harassed more than 50 minor girls and teachers arrested

An IIT student hailing from Bihar was arrested for alleged stalking and harassing over 50 girl students and teachers belonging to a reputed North Delhi school. Identified as Mahavir, the accused hails from Patna and is a BTech student at IIT-Kharagpur.

The 19-year-old IIT student was arrested by police on Thursday, October 7, in Bihar. As per the police, he is accused of morphing images of minor school going girls and uploading them on social media, stalking and harassing victims using fake caller IDs and virtual numbers.

The youth contacted girls from the school on WhatsApp using apps to fake caller ID, create virtual numbers and modify voice to keep his identity hidden. He is accused of morphing and uploading fake images of the girls on fake Instagram profiles.

The incident came to the attention of police after it received complaint of cyberstalking from school authorities. As per the complaint, he sent WhatsApp messages to minor girls after stalking them on social media. He used to call school teachers and harass them. He also somehow penetrated the WhatsApp groups that were created for the purpose of coordinating online classes. He also allegedly entered online classrooms.

The police have registered a case against the accused under section 354-D (stalking) of Indian Penal Code. Relevant sections from POCSO Act and IT Act were also added.

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IIT Kharagpur student held for stalking and blackmailing 50 minor girls and teachers

A 19-year-old BTech student has been arrested from Patna by the cyber cell of North Delhi for allegedly stalking and harassing nearly 50 girls and teachers from prominent schools in North Delhi. He was allegedly sending victims their morphed, obscene photographs and blackmailing them.

DCP (North district) Sagar Singh Kalsi told The Indian Express that the accused was using hi-tech apps for fake caller ID and virtual numbers available on Google Play store to contact and harass victims who were mostly minors.

“He was calling the victims from their own number with the help of some apps and was sending messages on WhatsApp from virtual numbers for sending morphed obscene photos of victims and was blackmailing them,” Kalsi said.

Three years ago, police said, the accused had met a girl whom he started stalking with the same modus operandi. One of the victims had filed a complaint against him at Civil Lines police station.

“He later blackmailed her friends and also started making their profiles. He had also created fake Instagram accounts of minor girls for contacting their other friends and joined a WhatsApp group created for online classes of schools by asking for a link. He also entered online classes of the school using links provided by the victims whom he was blackmailing and was also using voice changing application when he called the victims on WhatsApp call,” Kalsi added.

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