Rachakonda Cyber Crime Police today arrested a sound technician (working for Zee Telugu TV Channel on out sourcing basis) Patibandla Sanjay, 24, native of Cloughpet, Prakasham District in Andhra Pradesh and presently residing at Karkhana in Secundrabad for posting private videos of the victim in porn websites.
The victim, 23, residing at L.B. Nagar came into contact with the accused while watching shooting of TV Serial or at Miryalaguda. Both of them exchanged their mobile numbers and used to chat frequently. After a few days, the accused lured the victim and encouraged her to show her private parts while doing video chat. He recorded the video footage without her knowledge by using video capturing application and started blackmailing her to come online frequently. When she refused, he threatened to post her private videos in porn websites.
When she reprimanded him for doing so, he posted her private videos in various porn websites. Coming to know about this, the victim lodged a complaint following which the police registered a case under Sections 354(D), 506 IPC, 66E, 67 of IT Act and launched investigation.
On Monday, accused Patibandla Sanjay was arrested from Karkhana, Secundrabad and seized his mobile phone through which he had recorded her private movements and posted in porn websites. The accused has been produced before XVI MM court, which remanded him to judicial custody. All the links of victims videos got removed by sending notices to the concerned websites.
The case was being investigated by Mohammad Riyazuddin, Inspector of Police, Cyber Cell, Rachakonda with the assistance of SI Bhaskar; under the supervision of D. Janaki, Addl. DCP (Crimes), Rachakonda.
Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat, exhorted people, especially the girls to be very careful while chatting with their new friends and under no circumstances expose themselves to the strangers as there was every possibility that the culprit may try to exploit the victims by one way or other. (NSS)