India News | FIR Against Cop for Sending Obscene Videos to Woman Officer

Mumbai, Jul 9 (PTI) A senior woman officer of the Government Railway Police (GRP) here has lodged a case against an Assistant Police Inspector (API) from Yavatmal district for allegedly sending her obscene videos and pictures.

A First Information Report was registered by the Bandra GRP on Tuesday and later transferred to D N Nagar police station in whose jurisdiction the woman officer lives.

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According to the complainant, few days ago she got a message on Facebook from a man who introduced himself as `API Rahul Kumar Raut' attached to Economic Offences Wing in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra.

She did not mind sharing her number with her as he said he was a police officer, but later she began to receive obscene pictures and videos from his number, she said.

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As he did not cease sending such material even after she warned him, she filed a case, the woman GRP officer said.

GRP commissioner Ravindra Sengaonkar said the FIR was registered under IPC sections 354-A (Sexual Harassment), 354-D (Stalking) and relevant sections of IT Act and further probe is on.

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