A 22 year old student named Kishan, studying second year in AJC Bose College has been arrested for being involved in cyber stalking. The hacker hacked a victims Facebook account of class 10 living in the Tiljala area.
According to joint CP (crime) Visahal Garg, the hacker first hacked the victims Facebook account in early July and changed the password. Being unaware of the hack, the girl dedicated to create a new account. As soon as the girl opened a new account, the hacker started to post obscene images on both the accounts tagging all their friends. The girl and her parents registered a case in Police station on July 18.
Vishal Garg also mentioned that, the hacker had even demanded for $120 ( Rs 10,000) from the minor to stop sending obscene images.
“We have added charges of extortion besides the IT Act against the accused,” he said.
“We took help of Facebook authorities through proper channels and based on their feedback, we arrested the accused. We have recovered two mobile phones used by the accused to carry out the hacking,” he added.