HYDERABAD: Cyberabad police arrested a private employee from Attapur on Tuesday for creating a fake online profile of his female friend and posting her personal number along with defamatory content on the page after the latter had started avoiding him. On August 22, the victim lodged a complaint with the police alleging that an unidentified person had created her fake profile on Facebook. He had had also posted her mobile phone number inviting people to call her if they wanted 'special services'.

Police registered a case under the relevant sections of the IT Act and launched a probe. During the course of investigation, Police identified that the fake profile was created by the complainant's friend S Rajesh. After tracking his details, police arrested the culprit from his house in Attapur on Tuesday.

The accused confessed to the crime and told the police that the victim was a friend of him and in the past few months she had been avoiding him. Despite repeated requests , the victim did not agree to be in touch with him which triggered him to take revenge. TNNby creating her fake profile on Facebook, said Cyber Crime inspector S Jayaram.

The culprit was produced in court and remanded in judicial custody.