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Advocate held for creating fake profile of woman judge

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad
Last Updated : Mar 29 2017 | 9:23 PM IST
An advocate was arrested yesterday by Cyberabad Police here on charge of creating a fake social media profile of a junior civil judge and posting photos, police said today.
According to police, P Mahesh, who is working as a legal advisor for a local firm, allegedly posted abusive messages and photos of the woman judicial officer on the social networking site.
He was arrested yesterday for "harassing and defaming" the judge after she lodged a complaint, police said.
"The advocate was booked under relevant sections of IPC and IT Act and arrested yesterday," Cyber Crime Police Station ACP S Jayaram said.

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First Published: Mar 29 2017 | 9:23 PM IST

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