A final-year B. Tech student from Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, Surender, who allegedly had been harassing a woman and her family by posting visuals of her private moments online, landed behind bars here.
The Cyber Crime unit of the Crime Investigation Department picked him up three days ago from his home town of Mahboobabad in Warangal district, brought him to Hyderabad for questioning, and arrested him after gathering evidence. The victim, who joined the engineering programme in IIT, Kanpur, a year ago, too, hails from Mahboobabad.
The woman’s father, a doctor, contacted Surender for guidance, when his daughter got admission in IIT. “Surender used to come to Kanpur to help her purchase books, prepare notes, and thus became close to her. But he had a grudge against the woman as she turned down his marriage proposal,” CID Additional SP, U. Rammohan, said.
A few months ago, he allegedly took her to the office of Arya Samaaj in Kanpur without disclosing his clandestine plan to marry her. When the woman refused in the last minute, the Arya Samaaj personnel called in the police. He was then arrested.
Later, he began sending threatening emails and text messages on the phone to her. A case in this regard was registered by the Mahboobabad police. He was arrested in this case, too. After coming out on bail, Surender allegedly continued to make threatening calls to her.
Private video
“He had uploaded visuals of the private moments of the student, which he had earlier recorded secretly, onto the Internet, and circulated the details among her friends,” Mr. Rammohan said. Surender also created a fake account of her elder sister in a social website.
Describing her as a call girl, he gave the mobile phone number of her mother in the profile, subjecting the family to trauma, the Additional SP said. Based on a complaint lodged by the family head, the CID sleuths traced the Internet Protocol address, and found that the visuals were uploaded by Surender.
A case under the provisions of the Information Technology Act and Sections 507 (criminal intimidation by anonymous communication) and 509 (word, gesture, or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against him.
Keywords: IIT student, harassment
He was arrested twice? So was the Dean of IIT Delhi notified of this? I am sure the guy would have been suspended if the girls's parents had taken decisive action after the first or second incident.
Such students should be rusticated forthwith as a deterrent for the rest of the community not to engage in such activities.But then,there are many such who will not be deterred by any such measures because their minds have gotten warped through bad influences.
This is really a shocking and disappointing news that a well educated student from a reputed college is doing such tpye of deeds. This type of beahviour doesn't only darken his name and future but also the name of such a great institution. This is why parents of a girl in india always feel worried about their daughter as this was not to be expected from a known person like him. This shows not only his arrogance but also the immaturity of his mind. wot is the benefit of getting a gud educatation if a person can't become a good person.
Education has to refine a human being.Here an educated ,can we call him human,werewolf had caused havoc to people trusted him.These things are the offshoots of infertile minds infected by internetvirus.This is a blaring example of how a person's mindset is corrupted by the material availabe on the internet.What will be the state of his parents?Had they not reprimanded him when he was arrested first?
Hopefully the punishment will be swift and severe. Some of the brightest youngsters taking to criminal efforts is largely due to poor schooling and inadequate parental guidance. Schools no longer teach morals and character building. Likewise parents too ignore character development: instead they push the youngsters to crack exams only. The result is bright young men and women who are a menace to the society.
Such Lotharios need to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law and convicted and sentenced to the maximum punishment prescribed as
a deterrent to other Casanovas who may also attempt to employ similar tactics and make life miserable for the victims and their families.
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