HARASSED BY AUTO MEN, GIRL ENDS LIFE

Techie held for creating fake profiles

Troubled by the alleged harassment from three autorickshaw drivers, a first-year Intermediate student committed suicide in Alwal on Friday.

S. Gautami, a student of KMR Junior College in Old Alwal, set herself ablaze. Police booked a case of abetment to suicide and detained three drivers, identified as Vijay, Prakash and Narsinga Rao.

The trio used to abuse the girl after a quarrel with her father, Mr S. Balraj, an autorickshaw driver and union leader for the Old Alwal autorickshaw stand. Police said he had recently pulled up the trio, after which they began targeting Gautami.

A 29-year-old techie who allegedly harassed people by creating and posting their fake profiles on gay websites was arrested by Rachakonda cyber crime police on Friday. The victims included a reputed surgeon from the city, a small screen actor and four others.

Suresh Thummala, selected victims from Facebook and created fake profiles of them. He also posted their contact details on his Facebook wall saying that they were gays.

Rachakonda police commissioner Mahesh Bhagawat said that Suresh was working as technical lead in a software company in Madhapur. He became depressed after his marriage failed, and started exploring pleasure in homosexual activities.

“He and two other friends used to regularly browse Facebook and target random profiles. They also linked the original photographs of the victims and posted them on gay websites,” the commissioner said.

Mr Bhagawat said that he also posted the contact details of the victims on his Facebook wall saying that they were gays. He also called the victims repeatedly asking them if they were interested in homosexual activities.

Police officials said that Suresh had targeted many people. Six of them, including a small screen actor, approached cybercrime police asking their profiles to be removed from the websites and requested the police not to take any action against the offender fearing about their reputation and public image.

But a doctor who fell prey to his activities filed a complaint with the police. Officials said they are also checking the role of his two friends, an unemployed youth and a private sector employee.

Suresh was arrested and remanded to custody.

SURESH selected victims from FB and created their fake profiles. He also posted their contact details on his FB wall saying that they were gay