Reportedly police in Bengaluru have arrested year old, rahul Singh, the CEO of a Bengaluru-based startup for allegedly posting obscene photographs of his former girlfriend on Instagram. Meanwhile the arrest was made on Thursday after the accused was booked under various sections of the Information technology Act based on a complaint. Deputy Commissioner of Police Bengaluru SouthEast Isha Pant confirmed the arrest and said the accused would be produced in court on Friday.
Furthermore the sections are related to punishment for violation of privacy and transmitting images of private persons without his/her consent. Police have also seized his laptop and mobile phone. Perhaps Rahul posted these photos despite the police filing an FIR against him on September 12 on the woman's complaint that he was stalking her and broke into her house and her complaint at HSR Layout Police also accused rahul of accessing her Facebook without her permission, and stealing her phone.
Moreover in that case rahul was booked under relevant sections of Information technology Act and sections 354A (punishment for sexual harassment), 507 (criminal intimidation by anonymous communication), 506 (criminal intimidation), 354D (punishment for stalking), 448 (punishment for house-trespass) and 504 (intentional insult to provoke breach of peace) of the IPC.
