highlights
- ● On social media unknown person The latest case of how dangerous it can be to accept a request came to light from Bengaluru.
- ● The woman accepted the friend request thinking it was a colleague, but within a few minutes the situation became scary.
- ● The young man suddenly appeared naked on the video call, both the woman and her husband were left stunned.
- ● The accused harassed from Facebook to WhatsApp, tried to blackmail by sending pictures and calls.
- ● Police unknown person A case has been registered against his activities and investigation has been started.
Social media has become the easiest medium to connect people today, but its dark aspects often come to the fore in the form of incidents that can shake anyone to the core. What happened to 34-year-old Meghna (name changed), who lives in Bengaluru, is a warning to anyone who unknown person They accept the request without thinking.
This incident not only caused fear in a woman’s personal life, but also shows that such things hidden in the digital space. unknown person How to target ordinary users and mentally harass them.
Meghna, who lives in T. Dasarahalli, Bengaluru, is the president of a women’s organization. She has been working for women’s rights and justice for a long time. At around 11:45 pm on July 9, he received a request on Facebook—‘Lovely Archana’ By name.
The profile photo was of his colleague, who was from Chitradurga district. Meghna thought that this would be another account of a colleague. Therefore without any doubt he unknown person (who was actually not a female colleague).
A few moments later, Meghna received a video call—and then a scary sequence began that she had never even imagined.
Within minutes of accepting the request, a video call came from the same account. Meghna picked up the call, but the next second she was shocked.
What was on the screen blew my mind
One completely naked unknown person Was on the screen, who was deliberately showing his private parts.
Meghna became disoriented, immediately disconnected the call and nervously handed the phone to her husband.
but this unknown person Was not going to stop.
Even after disconnecting the call unknown person Started making video calls again and again.
Then he started sending obscene pictures on Facebook chat.
Meghna’s husband picked up a call to talk to understand the situation, but the man remained silent.
After a while he deleted the photos he had sent—apparently, he felt that there would be no evidence against him.
When Meghna blocked him on Facebook, unknown person Stolen his profile photo and made it his DP.
Surprising activities started on WhatsApp also
WhatsApp calls and messages started coming from the number 9003490931.
Several calls were made again on 9 July.
Seeing all this, Meghna realized that this was not just a prank, but a planned cybercrime—one that could take away any woman’s security and mental peace.
After continuous harassment, Meghna gathered courage and lodged a complaint with the police.
Case registered under IT Act
The police have registered a case under the section of the Information Technology Act (IT Act) and now unknown person Trying to find out the identity and location.
This matter is now with the Cyber Crime Wing and the officials are looking into it seriously.
This incident has once again proved that
The biggest danger on the Internet is those whom we ignore by calling them ‘strangers’.
Why is the threat of such unknown persons increasing?
- Easy to create fake profile
- The number of cyber criminals targeting women is increasing
- People accept requests without verification
- Cases of digital blackmailing are increasing rapidly
What lesson can we learn from this incident?
- any unknown person Do not immediately accept the request
- Don’t get confused by the profile picture
- Never answer video calls immediately
- If you receive an obscene call or message, immediately report it to the police by taking a screenshot.
According to cyber security experts
90% of cyber harassment starts from someone unknown person Is done by request.
They say:
- Keep two-step protection
- Keep friend list ‘Only Me’ on Facebook/Instagram
- Do not keep the security setting of profile photo public
- Limit ‘Story’ to private audiences too
This incident in Bengaluru is not just a woman’s problem, but a big message –in the digital world unknown person Taking any request lightly may prove costly.
Social media is as powerful as it is dangerous.
So now is the time to be aware, be careful, and protect ourselves from digital criminals.
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