The SHE Teams of the Hyderabad police nabbed a man harassing a woman with obscene messages after getting her number from Olx where she had posted an ad.
The SHE Teams of the Hyderabad City Police nabbed a man who was harassing a woman for a few days with obscene messages after first getting her number on Olx where she had posted an ad.
The lady had given an advertisement in Olx for selling a product. After half-an-hour, she received a message from another OLX user who claimed her name was K Lakshmi, and asked her about the product and the money required. They also exchanged their phone numbers.
Later, "Lakshmi" revealed his name as Rahul and started harassing the woman on the phone and sending text messages through Whatsapp offering money, an iPhone 8 and a job in a company as a manager. He started called her during odd hours and sent her obscene messages.
Vexed with his harassment, the complainant approached the SHE teams with all the chat history on Whatsapp. After investigation, the accused was traced and caught by the SHE teams.
The accused was identified as T K Thirumala Karthik, 24, a student residing at H No 11-2-471/3/A1, Sithaphalmandi, Secunderabad.
The accused confessed to his crime. A case was registered against him and he was produced before the magistrate.
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