Minor accused of creating Instagram accounts using another girl’s identity, posting nude photos

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, Aug 11, 2023: A 15-year-old girl from Kaup taluk in Udupi district has been accused of creating Instagram accounts using the email ID and phone number of another girl, also aged 15, and posting her own nude pictures.

 

In the complaint filed with the Udupi Cyber Economic and Narcotic Crime (CEN) police station on August 7, a woman from Karkala taluk, who belongs to the majority community, said the accused girl, from a minority community, had used her daughter’s mail ID and mobile phone number to create Instagram IDs in the name of herself, and a few others. The accused had posted her own nude pictures in these accounts, the complainant alleged.

Having noticed the posts on August 4 and 5, the woman filed the complaint on August 7 and sought action against the accused.

The CEN police registered the complaint under Sections 66 (C) and 67 (B) of the Information Technology Act against the minor girl.