Erode police arrest taxi driver for morphing and sharing girl's photo
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The arrested man has been identified as S Manikandan of Sankarapuram area in Kallakurichi district.
When he was in Erode for work, Manikandan befriended the family of a woman from Kallakurichi district. He morphed a photo of the woman's 15-year-old daughter. He then sent the morphed image to her WhatsApp number.
"The girl, taken aback by this, informed her parents, who filed a complaint with the Erode all women's police on Friday," said a police officer.
He was arrested on Friday night and remanded in judicial custody on Saturday morning.
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