Case registered against Airtel

January 19, 2011 01:26 am | Updated 01:26 am IST - CHENNAI

The Cyber Crime Cell of the Chennai Central Crime Branch has registered a case on a complaint filed by a city advocate against Airtel mobile communication service that it was sending obscene messages to his phone without his consent. The police registered the case on a complaint filed by the advocate, V.S.Suresh of George Town here, to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM), Egmore. The CMM, R.Killivalavan, had forwarded the complaint to the City Central Crime Branch for registering an FIR, investigating the matter and filing the final report.

The case has been registered against the Chief Executive Officer, Bharati Airtel Limited for offences, including under Sections 292 (Sale, etc., of obscene books) and 294 (Obscene acts and songs) of IPC.

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