Man morphs 15 civic officials' pics, arrested

Crime branch officers of the Mira Bhayander-Vasai Virar (MBVV) police on Thursday arrested a 34-year-old man who allegedly morphed and uploaded obscene photos of an additional commissioner of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC), and 14 other civic officials.

- Megha Sood

MUMBAI: The accused, Chandan Thakur, had been previously booked in attempt to murder and fraud cases.

According to the FIR registered by the Bolinj police on November 18, the additional commissioner was in his office at the VVCMC headquarters when he came across morphed photos of himself and his wife on social media. After going through the page, he found that the images were uploaded from a profile that went by the name of Kavya Mehta, and such photos were uploaded to four social media groups focused on Latur, which is the complainant's home town.