Surat jewellery designer alleges online harassment

Surat: An attempt has been made to defame a 21-year-old female jewellery designer employed in a unit located in Varachha area of the city. The woman lodged a police complaint after cyber bully sent threat messages to her fiancé over social media and warned him against marrying her.
Based on her complaint the Cyber Crime police station on Tuesday registered an FIR against unidentified person for attempting to defame a woman.
The accused created multiple accounts on Instagram to issue threats and malign the woman. The accused has been booked for defamation, intentional insult and criminal intimidation by unknown communication under IPC, said cops. The accused used multiple social media accounts to send threat messages to her fiance’s account in February wherein he stated of being in relation with the woman for last two years and warned him against marrying her. “We have started investigation,” said a cyber crime officer. tnn