Delhi student arrested for creating fake FB profile of Commissioner

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber crime and economic offenses) Sanjay Shinde said,“Yadav is a pursuing his bachelor’s degree in business administration from a reputed management institute in New Delhi. He is originally from Etawah in Uttar Pradesh. He was traced on the basis of the information about his IP (Internet Protocol) address that we got from Facebook. No obscene content was posted on the profile.”

Police sources said Yadav had opened a social networking community and police suspect him to have created the profile to promote the community. Officials said further investigation will confirm the motive. Yadav was released on bail after being produced before a court in Pune. “The sections of the Information Technology Act under which he was booked are bailable.” Shinde said. Speaking to Newsline,Borwankar said,“We had come to know that he had replied to many messages that people had posted thinking it was my profile.” Police said Yadav had an exam scheduled in the week so was sent back to Delhi.

Yadav was booked under Indian Penal Code Section 419 (cheating by impersonation) and IT Act Sections 66 C and D for impersonation and identity theft. A case in this regard was registered at the Bundgarden police station.