Mumbai: Man held for stalking, harassing woman

The accused told the police that in 2006, when he worked for a firm in Malad, he had seen the woman in a corporate park. He later sent her a friend request. But when she did not accept his repeated friend requests, he became angry and decided to defame her, the police said.

Mahadik then started creating fake profiles of her. “He created two profiles on Facebook and two on Instagram. He did it with an intention to defame her, as he posted her pictures on the social media accounts with a message suggesting her family is involved in flesh trade,” a police officer said.

The woman found out about the fake accounts after the accused started sending vulgar messages to her friends. During probe, the police started scrutinising the IP address of the suspect through which they managed to get his phone number. “We got his call data record and on Tuesday, we traced him at his brother’s residence in Ambivali. A team went there and arrested him,” an officer said. The accused is unmarried and lost his job two months ago.

Mahadik was produced in court and has been remanded in police custody.