UP man held for creating fake profile of Maharashtra DGP on Facebook

A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Uttar Pradesh was arrested by the state cyber police for allegedly creating a fake profile of Maharashtra’s Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey on Facebook and allegedly trying to dupe people.

Police said that the accused had recently sent a friend request to a lawyer and as Pandey was already his friend on Facebook, the lawyer contacted the DGP and informed Pandey.

A case was registered early this month under Sections 419 (Punishment for cheating by personation), 420 (Cheating) and 511 (Punishment for attempting to commit offences punishable with imprisonment for life or other imprisonment) of the Indian Penal Code along with section 66 (D) of IT act.