Noida: Security guard arrested for posting wife’s objectionable photos

Greater Noida: A 35-year-old security guard was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly posting objectionable photos and mobile number of his estranged wife on social media

Greater Noida: A 35-year-old security guard was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly posting objectionable photos and mobile number of his estranged wife on social media. The couple has two sons aged five and seven years, police said.

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The suspect, Ravindra Raghav who is a native of Bhondsi in Gurugram, was married for 10 years. He was living in a rented accommodation in the Ecotech 3 area of Greater Noida, police said, adding that his wife is from Jewar.

Bhuvnesh Kumar, station house officer of Ecotech 3 police station, said that the suspect was not happy with his married life. “He used to beat up his wife who has been living separately for the last five months. While the younger son stays with his father, the elder one stays with his mother,” he said.

The woman started working in a factory in Greater Noida and became self-dependent lately, police said.

The woman filed a complaint on May 21 this year, alleging that a person named Pawan Dankad had been posting her photos and mobile number on Facebook. “I started getting random calls and messages from different people. They informed me that the photos and contact number were shared by Pawan Dankad on social media,” she said.

A case was initially registered against Dankad under Section 63 of IT Act, police said.

The SHO said that the cyber cell investigated the matter and found that Pawan Dankad was a fake ID. “This Facebook account’s IP address was traced to her husband Raghav,” he said.

Police have also seized the suspect’s mobile phone. The suspect told police that he posted objectionable photos of his wife on social media as he was not happy with his married life.

“My husband used to drink heavily and would not give me sufficient money to meet the expenses. This would lead to frequent quarrels between us. However, I had never thought that he would be posting such things using a fake ID,” the woman said.

The suspect was produced in court and sent to judicial custody.