Chennai Doctor arrested for sending obscene photos, messages to ex-classmate
Chennai: A 27-year-old doctor working at a private medical college in Tiruvallur has been recently arrested for allegedly sending obscene messages and pictures to a woman doctor at a private hospital in Vadapalani.
According to the police, the female doctor is the former classmate of the accused who studied together at the Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences in Puducherry from 2015 to 2021.
The complainant was receiving morphed intimate images of herself and her husband along with threatening messages that included threats to rape her. Following this, she informed her husband also a doctor regarding this. The complainant and the male doctor got married a year ago.
As per The Hindu news report, the incident took place in May this year when the complainant began receiving altered images and obscene messages on her Instagram handle. Following this, the complainant's husband blocked the user on Instagram. However, the accused continued to send such messages and pictures to her.
It took a turn when the husband received morphed intimate pictures of his wife and himself and even allegedly threatened to assault his wife sexually. Later, the husband contacted the sender to confront him but only got abused by him.
The doctor couple then approached the cyber police to file a complaint against the person. Based on the complaint, the police registered a case under sections 78(2), 351(2), 66(D), and 67(A) of the IT Act and launched an investigation.
After tracing the social media ID of the sender, the police identified the accused and arrested him from the private medical college and hospital where he was working. An investigation in this regard is underway.
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