The Kaithal district police have arrested three persons on the charges of creating a fake Instagram account of the superintendent of police (SP) Maqsood Ahmed and demanding money from his social media friends.
DSP Vivek Chaudhary said the accused have been identified as Vivek Kumar, Ramji Mishra of Hardoi and Jaswant Kumar of Sitapur of Uttar Pradesh. The police have also recovered 166 active SIM cards and 650 inactive SIM cards, five fake Aadhaar cards, one printer and one mobile phone. He said that they have been booked under Section 66-C of the IT Act and Section 419 of the IPC and were sent to judicial custody.
As per the FIR, a new Instagram ID on the name of SP Maqsood Ahmed had been created by taking 12 photos from Ahmed’s Facebook and Instagram ID. In this, exactly the photos posted by the SP on Instagram have been posted on the fake ID on Instagram account.
Some requests for money were also made to some social media friends of the SP from this fake ID. Soon after the matter was brought to the notice of the police, the cyber team of the district police swung into action.
{{/usCountry}}Some requests for money were also made to some social media friends of the SP from this fake ID. Soon after the matter was brought to the notice of the police, the cyber team of the district police swung into action.
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