Tirupur man held for making lewd call to woman constable

He claims he was once abused by a police official and is doing it for revenge

— Senior officer, Cybercrime wing, city police

CHENNAI: The cybercrime wing of city police arrested a 33-year-old graphic designer for calling a policewoman claiming to be a senior officer and allegedly using vulgar language with her.

The accused, C Periyasamy, is allegedly a serial offender whose modus operandi involves collecting phone numbers of policewomen from public records and then calling them posing as senior officers. He was already arrested in three similar cases in Dharmapuri, Tirupur and Ramanathapuram,

police said.

“He claims he was once abused by a police official and is doing it for revenge,” said an officer.

On April 24, a woman constable attached to the Armed Reserve received a call from the writer of the station asking if she was willing to be on personal security officer duty for a senior woman officer. When she agreed, she was told to expect a call. On the same day, she received a missed call.

Assuming it was the senior officer, she immediately returned the call. During the course of the conversation,

when the constable asked about the nature of work, the ‘woman officer’ claimed that she was working unofficially.

The ‘officer’ then started making sexual remarks about her voice and body.

She then said that she would send a man to her house and asked her to ‘behave’, offering her help to get a promotion and other benefits.

The ‘officer’ then asked if the constable’s parents were daily wage labourers. When she replied that her father is a policeman with the RPF, the other person disconnected the call.

That is when the constable realised that she was talking to an impostor and then filed a complaint. A special team traced the caller to Udumalpet and arrested him on Tuesday. He was produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.