Hyderabad: The Ghatkesar police on Sunday nabbed three persons who engaged in unsolicited calls and messages to women on social media.
The police acted on a complaint received from a college principal, who alleged that women students of the college were receiving messages and calls from unidentified numbers. The messages were often abusive and vulgar, according to a police statement.
The police tracked the calls to Vijayawada and Kakinada and apprehended 20-year-old Laxmi Ganesh, 20-year-old Kothagiri Veera babu and 25-year-old Chittiboina Durga Raju.
One of the accused, Ganesh had previously pestered women through calls and messages, the police added. The police also seized smartphones belonging to the accused.