An official said on Thursday that the Navi Mumbai police in Maharashtra had filed a complaint against a guy for sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl after becoming friends with her on social media.
Altaf Sheikh, the accused, reportedly persuaded the girl to exchange a few semi-naked pictures of her with him between November 2022 and June 2023. Then he requested more of these images, threatening to go viral with the first one if she didn’t comply.
In response to the girl’s allegation, the police on Wednesday filed a case against Sheikh under sections 354A (sexual harassment) and 354 (stalking) of the Indian Penal Code as well as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
According to the representative from Kharghar police station, no arrests have yet been made.