Delhi police arrest college student for stalking and harassing minor girl

A 17yearold college student has been apprehended in Delhi for allegedly stalking and harassing a minor girl on Instagram after befriending her and forcing her to share nude pictures police said on FridayThe accused who is pursuing graduation from the School of Open Learning here befriended the 14yearold girl and threatened her to share nude pictures and asked for sexual favours lest he would circulate her already available private pictures on social media platforms they saidAlso readBBC documentary Students outfit calls for screening in Delhi Universitys North CampusThe matter came to light when the victims father approached the police and said that his daughter shared her private pictures and videos with someone through Instagram chats and was worried that the video might be circulatedHowever the victims father was reluctant to initiate any legal actionAfter counselling the victim narrated her ordeal and disclosed that she had shared her private pictures and video with a friend on Instagram after which he began to pressurise her to indulge further in inappropriate chats and coerced her to send more such pictures police saidBased on the statement of the minor girl a case was registered they addedDuring the investigation the police got details of the alleged Instagram profile including IP address and mobile number used for registering the profile The details of the IP address was further obtained from concerned mobile operators and the identity of the alleged person was ascertained said Sagar Singh Kalsi Deputy Commissioner of Police NorthAfter the police reached the address it was discovered that the SIM card was registered under the name of the boys father he saidAs the boy was not found at home his father was directed to produce him before the policeDuring the enquiry the accused claimed that he came in possession of some private pictures of the girl and started following her on Instagram He kept her private pictures saved on his mobile phone and used to stalk her online After befriending her he started asking for her nude photos but when the girl did not agree to his demands he told her that he has her private pictures already the DCP saidWhen his phone was checked it was found that he was also harassing other young girls through the same modus operandi the police saidThis 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