SURAT: Cyber police booked an unidentified person for allegedly creating a fake Instagram account of a 22-year-old resident Nana Varachha area in May and sharing her morphed images on it. The accused is suspected to have stolen images of the complainant’s original account.
The victim came to know only after her relatives informed her that they received a ‘follow’ request from one account that has her photo as profile picture. The accused sent morphed obscene photos of the woman and objectionable messages to many people from the fake account.
The woman approached the police to stop the online harassment. After preliminary investigation police registered an offence and started investigation. Police will trace the IP address from which the Instagram ID was created.