A diamond worker named Sunil Nandha was arrested from Surat by Rajkot police on May 27, 20 (Sunday) for allegedly uploading the photographs of several women, takingthese from two Facebook groups and presenting the womenas call girls in Ahmedabad.
According to Malaviya nagar police, the accused allegedly hacked into the Facebook accounts contained several photographs of prospective brides and downloaded all beautiful photographs illegally to upload the same on facebook for creating two Ahmedabad escort groups named“Rajkot boys’ and girls’ group” and “Surat boys’ and girls’ group”. Police sources said that Nanda created a fake ID on Facebook with the name of Rahul Modi and cheated more than 25 persons with an amount of around 40,000INR total, promising them to offer escort service in Ahmedabad. He stopped communicating the payers immediately after receiving payment from them to his Paytm account.
Using social networking sites, he started asking money from the people who showed their interest in taking escort service in Ahmedabad. When escort service seekers had sent an enquiry about the service to those groups (named “Rajkot boys’ and girls’ group” and “Surat boys’ and girls’ group), he asked them to deposit a healthy amount as the donation fee to his Paytm account for enjoying with the Ahmedabad escorts.
Based on the complaint lodged by one of the victims from Mavadi Road, Nandha was arrested from Surat. The victim came to know that her photographs had been widely circulated on Facebook and other social media sites as one of the escort service providers in Ahmedabad. Hurriedly, he filed a complaint at Malviya Nagar police station.
Police took immediate action on the matter and checked Rahul Modi’s ID linked to a phone number mentioned on it. The investigation identified the phone number belonged to Nandha, a diamond workerlived in Divya Apartment in Miranagar in Udhana locality of Surat.
Following the lead, as confirmed by J S Gedam(deputy superintendent of police, Rajkot cyber cell), a team of officials visited Divya Apartment and arrested him (Nandha).
In a long integration, suspected Nandha confessed of all illicit activities done by him on Facebook. The accused admitted that he had been running this illegal operation for over a year. He also informed how he hacked many Facebook profiles, downloaded pictures of beautiful women and uploaded the same for labeling as call girls in Ahmedabad. The accused was arrested and produced before the court.