Mumbai: The Mumbai police have arrested a 20-year-old man for hacking Instagram accounts of minor girls, cyber stalking, blackmail and child pornography. The accused, who is a class 12 dropout hails from Gujarat. Police said the man forced minor girls to send their nude videos and pictures after hacking their accounts.
According to a report , the man has been arrested under tight provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) 2012. Objectionable photos of over 700 girls have been recovered from the accused. Police say they are investigating whether the man has sold any photos or videos to porn websites or whether he was planning to do so.
“We have launched a probe after getting complaints from parents of seven girls. The accused was traced to Gujarat and an FIR was lodged against him. He was then brought to Mumbai and produced before a court. The accused identified as Alfaaz Jamani was remanded to police custody till September 12,” the police quoted.
“During the course of interrogation, the accused confessed to hacking social media accounts of girls. The man was operating 17 fake Instagram accounts using name of girls. As per the records seized from his mobile phones, the accused has contacted over 800 girls and got photos of 700 of them. He always targeted minor girls,” the report quoted.
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