Engineer held for creating fake obscene orkut profile

Recently an engineer has been held on 23/12/2009 by the Bangalore police for a cyber crime committed by him punishable under Section 67 Information Technology Act, 2000. The engineer was in domestic feud with his wife and a dowry harassment case was registered against him. The accused Prakash Rao an engineer by profession wanted to settle scores with his wife and in laws. He created a fake obscene profile on orkut in the name of his wife’s relative containing the phone number of that relative and inviting people to call for sexual favors. The victim started receiving obscene calls from unknown persons asking her for sexual favors. She filed a police complaint with the Cyber Crime Police Station, Bangalore. The cyber crime cell started investigation and the digital footprints of the crime led the police to Rao, an engineer with a private firm Chennai.

Neeraj Aarora(Advocate)