Berhampur: Police arrested a youth leader of a political party on charge of sending an obscene video to a woman through a fake Facebook ID in Silk City, Sunday.
The accused was identified as Sibaram Jena, 29, of Ankarada village under Digapahandi police limits in Ganjam district, Cyber police station IIC Kalpana Kaunri said. A mobile phone was seized from his possession. He was produced in court which remanded him to judicial custody.
During verification of his mobile phone, the accused was found to have sent several obscene videos to over 50 women, the IIC said.
Police said Jena had opened a fake Facebook ID through which he sent an obscene video to a woman in Messenger page, pleading for physical relationship. Despite opposition from the woman, the youth still kept on sending obscene videos to her. Finally, the woman finally lodged a complaint against Jena at the Cyber police station. Police registered a case and arrested Jena after an investigation.
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