New Delhi: A man was detained by Delhi Police for allegedly using a fake Instagram identity to send lewd messages to a girl and her relative.

An anonymous user who used the complainant's father's photo to create a false Instagram profile and sent threatening and obscene messages to the complainant's family members had been reported to the Cyber Police Station. At the Cyber police station in Dwarka, a case was registered under section 67 of the IT Act based on the complainant's account.

The mobile number used to create the fake Instagram belonged to one Vivek (21), a resident of Surakhpur Road, Gopal Nagar, Najafgarh, who had created a fake Instagram ID and sent the vulgar and obscene messages to the complainant. This was discovered after technical surveillance and analysis of the fake Instagram ID, IPDR, and mobile number by Delhi Police.

During the investigation, it was found that the complainant and the accused had previously been involved for four years. The relationship ended for various reasons.

In order to take revenge and defame the complainant, he created a fake Instagram profile and sent obscene messages to the complainant and her relatives.

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