Man arrested for sending obscene message to Minister Pankaja Munde
Maharashtra Cyber Police arrested a man from Pune for allegedly making obscene phone calls and sending inappropriate messages to State Cabinet Minister Pankaja Munde.
According to Cyber Police, Nikhil Bhamre, 26, who works as a social media coordinator at the Maharashtra BJP office in Mumbai, filed the complaint on April 29, as stated by DCP Sanjay Shintre. BJP's State-level social media coordinator, Prakash Gade, informed Mr. Bhamre that an unknown man had been making offensive calls to Ms. Munde and advised him to approach the police and file a complaint. The case also involves defamatory and obscene content about Ms. Munde on YouTube and other social media platforms.
Sections 78 (stalking and contacting despite disinterest) and 79 (prohibiting words, gestures, or actions intended to insult a woman's modesty) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with the Section 67 (publishing obscene content online) of the Information Technology Act, have been invoked.
The accused, identified as Amol Kale, 25, was detained from Bhosari in Maharashtra's Pune district after police traced his location through the mobile number used for the calls. After the accused admitted to making the calls during interrogation, he was brought to Mumbai and formally arrested last night. Further investigation is under way in the case.
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