Hyderabad: Vedika, Jhanvi, Tanvi, Sofiyaan- These names that assumed by an engineering student in Hyderabad as he forcefully stalked teen girls online, especially from Facebook.
21 year old Abdul Majid, posted as a young girl and befriended about 200 young women from the top schools and colleges in the city. One among his female Facebook friend person as suggested a loyal and inquisitive friend, who exposed obscene encounters and sought similar information.
Police said Mr Majid who was arrested yesterday, demanded the women to send him money, or inappropriate photos. If they denied doing it the teenager warned that he would dump their secrets online.
Eight young women were trapped in sending them photos of them displayed without any clothes. One young woman, paid him Rs. 86,000.
“Hundreds of private pictures of victims have been found in the mobile phone of the accused,” said a police statement.
“It is so important for parents and youngsters to be aware. The child must be able to approach the parent and confide if something like this happens,” says Shweti Prabhu, explaining why she decided to not just seek police assistance, but publicly discuss her daughter’s online encounter.
“Such dangers are lurking online. Schools must bring in cyber experts to teach youngsters how to be safe online,” said CV Anand, the police commissioner of Cyberabad, who led the investigation.
