IMPHAL, April 20: In a shocking incident, a 20 year old has been arrested for allegedly uploading doctored pictures of a girl on the internet using a fake account so as to ward off other perspective proposals.<\/p>\n
A sit in protest was held at the Thoubal Mela Ground on Sunday decrying the incident by womenfolk demanding punishment of the accused according to the law.<\/p>\n
A JAC was also formed in connection with the incident during a meeting held at Thoubal Achouba in presence of local club members Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Father of the girl told media persons that 20-year-old Kongrailatpam Dusmanta Sharma of Thoubal had uploaded doctored pictures of his daughter, a student of Evergreen Flower School, on the internet.<\/p>\n
He said his daughter was informed about the pictures by a cousin brother.<\/p>\n
On searching the internet they found the doctored pictures of the girl under a fake account, he said.<\/p>\n
On April 14, he had made a written complaint to the Thoubal police, and the accused was pulled up the same day, he said.<\/p>\n
The police had taken into custody a laptop and a mobile phone used in editing the pictures, he continued.<\/p>\n
The same day, he had confessed to doctoring the pictures and had said that he was attracted to the girl and just wanted to ward off other boys, the girl’s father told media persons.<\/p>\n
The boy was produced before the CJM Thoubal on April 15 and had been remanded to police custody for seven days.<\/p>\n
The boy will be appearing again before the court on April 22, he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the JAC submitted a memorandum to the state chief minister on the issue and warned of various forms of agitation in case the government failed to take proper action. <\/p>\n\n