Man who sent lewd content to 200 women in police net

SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONTENT WAS FOUND IN THE MOBILE PHONE OF THE 32-YR-OLD JUICE FACTORY WORKER, SAY POLICE OFFICIALS

NEW DELHI: A 32-year-old juice factory worker was arrested from Haryana for allegedly stalking and sending sexual images and videos to over 200 women, police said on Thursday.

The accused has been identified as Manoj Kumar, a resident of Bahadurgarh in Haryana, they said.

According to police, a complaint was received from a 28-year-old woman, who has a beauty page on Facebook. She alleged that some unknown person had been stalking and harassing her through anonymous calls and WhatsApp messages and had been sending her sexual images and videos.

During investigation, information was sought from various social media platforms to identify the alleged stalker. On the basis of information gleaned, the accused was identified as someone working in a juice factory in Bahadurgarh, deputy commissioner of police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said.

Kumar was arrested and a mobile phone with sexually explicit material stored on it was recovered from him, the DCP said, adding that the phone was used for sending sexually charged content to people.

Sent friend requests to random women on social media

It was revealed that Kumar lives in Bahadurgarh with his family. The police said that he had some marital issues, due to which he started sending friend requests to random women on social media. They also said that the accused also used to harass them through calling and messaging apps.

In desperation, he sent sexual videos to his victims and even contacted them at inappropriate times, they said.

Kumar has admitted of stalking and harassing around 200 women through various social media platforms. The mobile phone and SIM cards used by him for committing the offence have also been recovered, the police added.