Kerala cops ask Facebook to remove fake photo of gang rape victim

January 03, 2013 03:54 pm | Updated June 12, 2016 07:35 pm IST - Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala Police has written to Facebook following a complaint from the parents of a young woman whose photograph was posted on the social networking site and identified as the Delhi gang-rape victim.

N. Vinayakumaran Nair, assistant commissioner of police, who heads the Hi-Tech Crime Enquiry Cell, said a probe had begun following a complaint from the parents

“We have written to the site which posted the picture. It should have been removed by now,” ACP Nair told IANS.

He said soon after the picture was posted, there were numerous comments saying it was fake.

“We are certain we will soon find out how this happened,” he said. ACP Nair did not disclose the complainant’s name.

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