Pune: Cops identify 12-year-old as sender of several obscene messages to Class VIII student

A First Information Report has been registered by the girl's mother at a police station in Pimpri-Chinchwad. According to the FIR, the girl started receiving the series of messages from the then unidentified user in mid-June.

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Police officials said action will be initiated against the boy as per provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act. (Representational)

PIMPRI-Chinchwad Police have identified a 12-year-old boy as a suspect in a case in which a girl studying in Class VIII received a series of obscene messages and threats over an online video-conferencing platform, which she had been using for attending school lectures. Similar messages were also sent to the father of the girl and the principal of her school.

A First Information Report has been registered by the girl’s mother at a police station in Pimpri-Chinchwad. According to the FIR, the girl started receiving the series of messages from the then unidentified user in mid-June.

The obscene messages were accompanied by threats on causing harm to the girl, and the messages even instigated her to end her own life. The messages stopped suddenly for a period of two months, but again started a few days ago. Similar obscene messages were also sent to the email address of the girl’s father and that of the principal of the school recently.

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The police station has launched a probe with the help of the Cyber Crime Cell. A senior official said that a 12-year-old boy had been identified as the sender of the messages.

Police officials said action will be initiated against the boy as per provisions of the Juvenile Justice Act.