Man blackmails 16-year-old girl, booked
TNN | Updated: Dec 7, 2018, 05:42 IST
Representative imagePUNE: A modelling agency operator has been booked for blackmailing and harassing a 16-year-old girl.
The girl’s mother alleged in her complaint with the Warje police that the suspect threatened to make her daughter’s nude photographs public on social media and extorted Rs31,000 from the girl, apart from propositioning her.
The harassment happened in October and November this year, police said. “We have registered the case under the section of the Indian Penal Code dealing with stalking, as well as relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act. Provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act have been also invoked in the case. We will soon arrest the agency operator,” inspector Prakash Khandale of Warje police station said.
The girl, a standard XII student of a city college, stays in the Warje area with her family. According to police, she aspired to be an actor, and believed she can break into acting after becoming a model.
The girl came into contact with the modelling agency operator during her quest to become a model. According to the FIR, the suspect promised to prepare her portfolio by doing a pre-shoot. Both exchanged their cellphone numbers after their meeting.
The complaint stated that the agency operator then explained to the girl the kind of photographs he would require for the pre-shoot.
The suspect and the girl kept in touch over a mobile phone messaging application in October. According to police, the agency operator started reeling the girl in by telling her about the glamorous life of the models and film actors.
“During their conversations, he convinced the girl to photograph herself in the nude and send them to him.” police said, explaining how the operator came in possession of the photographs.
Not long after, the suspect started blackmailing the girl by threatening to upload the nudes on different social networking websites. It is not clear whether the girl saved her pocket money or borrowed money from her family, but she paid the suspect Rs31,000. When she stopped paying him, the suspect started seeking sexual favours from her, police said.
A few days ago, the girl explained her plight to her mother. After consulting the rest of the family, the girl’s mother, 48, lodged a complaint with the Warje police station.
The girl’s mother alleged in her complaint with the Warje police that the suspect threatened to make her daughter’s nude photographs public on social media and extorted Rs31,000 from the girl, apart from propositioning her.
The harassment happened in October and November this year, police said. “We have registered the case under the section of the Indian Penal Code dealing with stalking, as well as relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act. Provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act have been also invoked in the case. We will soon arrest the agency operator,” inspector Prakash Khandale of Warje police station said.
The girl, a standard XII student of a city college, stays in the Warje area with her family. According to police, she aspired to be an actor, and believed she can break into acting after becoming a model.
The girl came into contact with the modelling agency operator during her quest to become a model. According to the FIR, the suspect promised to prepare her portfolio by doing a pre-shoot. Both exchanged their cellphone numbers after their meeting.
The complaint stated that the agency operator then explained to the girl the kind of photographs he would require for the pre-shoot.
The suspect and the girl kept in touch over a mobile phone messaging application in October. According to police, the agency operator started reeling the girl in by telling her about the glamorous life of the models and film actors.
“During their conversations, he convinced the girl to photograph herself in the nude and send them to him.” police said, explaining how the operator came in possession of the photographs.
Not long after, the suspect started blackmailing the girl by threatening to upload the nudes on different social networking websites. It is not clear whether the girl saved her pocket money or borrowed money from her family, but she paid the suspect Rs31,000. When she stopped paying him, the suspect started seeking sexual favours from her, police said.
A few days ago, the girl explained her plight to her mother. After consulting the rest of the family, the girl’s mother, 48, lodged a complaint with the Warje police station.
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