Morphed pictures of tannery owner’sfamily put on social media, case filed

Kanpur:A case has been booked against unidentified miscreants for uploading morphed photographs of female members of a family of city’s leading tannery owner on the social media in the city.
The Gwaltoli police has registered an FIR against unidentified men following a complaint by the manager of a tannery firm on Sunday.
The complainant has alleged that the unidentified crooks have resorted to posting morphed obscene images of the female family members of the tannery owner on social media. “The miscreants have been constantly sending morphed photographs of the female members on the WhatsApp numbers of other staff members of the company causing major embarrassment to the tannery owner and his family members,” said the police.
The police also said that the miscreants have also uploaded morphed photograph on some porn sites.
Inspector Gwaltoli, Vijay Pandey, said, “A case has been booked against unidentified miscreants under 67 A IT act (punishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form).
The police said that miscreants are using virtual different WhatsApp numbers created with the help of some application on the internet. “We have sought help from our Cyber Cell experts and are working on the case and also mailed the details of virtual numbers to WhatsApp authorities. Soon, the culprits will be in police net.”
A police officer said that these virtual numbers can be bought for a mere sum and be kept as per ones convenience. The crooks these days are buying virtual numbers and making it difficult to track them.