A 25-YO woman in Mumbai’s Byculla was arrested on Thursday for sharing the inappropriate pictures of her younger sister with her boyfriend. The accused is in a relationship with the married man and he forced to shared the nude images of her sibling.
The accused is having an affair with Dinesh Maraiyya from the last 4 years. Dinesh is married and a father of 3 children. The accused’s family does not approve of her relationship with Maraiyya.
Accused’s boyfriend Maraiyya is demanding the nude images of her younger sister. And in return, he was willing to commit of marrying her.
The incident came into light on Wednesday. Maraiyya’s wife told the victim’s family that she found obscene images of the victim on his mobile phone. The pictures were taken when the victim was bathing. The pictures looked to be screenshots taken during a video call.
when the victim’s family pressurizes the accused about the pictures, she confessed. The accused said that Maraiyya had been asking her to share nude photographs of her younger sister.
According to Mumbai Mirror, an officer said:
“When the victim asked her sister the reason behind the crime, her sister said that Maraiyya was furious about an incident that occurred during Navratri. Wherein while dancing, the victim had accidentally hit Maraiyya’s daughter with a dandiya stick. Maraiyya’s wife had had a heated argument with the victim over the issue and had also assaulted her. In retaliation, the victim too had beaten up Maraiyya with a stick. As per the victim, Maraiyya was very upset after the incident.”
“Maraiyya had asked his girlfriend to send nude photographs of the victim, threatening to not marry her if she failed to comply. When the victim’s sister made a video call showing in the shower, Maraiyya took a few screenshots and saved them in his phone.”
After the complaint, the accused was arrested on Thursday. Maraiyya, however, managed to escape. Both the accused are booked under Section 354C (voyeurism), Section 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Also, under section 66E (violation of privacy) and Section 67A (publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc in electronic form) of the Information Technology (IT) act.
The accused was out on bail on Friday while the search for her boyfriend is on, an officer said.
