Man who created fake Facebook profile of Devendra Fadnavis' OSD, arrested
Identified as Dev Gaikwad, the accused claims that Kamdar offered him money to change/edit his posts on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
In a case of impersonation, a man was arrested from Kolhapur by the Mumbai cyber crime team after an officer on special duty (OSD) with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, filed a complaint.
The accused created a Facebook profile by the name of Nidhi Kamdar and started uploading posts and sending out messages.
Kamdar, is an officer on special duty on social media.
Identified as Dev Gaikwad, the accused claims that Kamdar offered him money to change/edit his posts on Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Like the one where he had compared the CM and his wife to Peshwa Raghunathroa and Anandibai.
However, police officials say that the arrest is not on the basis of such posts but on charges of impersonation.
Kamdar had filed a complaint with the Marine Drive Police in June alleging that Gaikwad had created a fake profile with her name.
But, Gaikwad had also posted screenshots of his conversation with Kamdar (the fake profile) on the Facebook timeline.
The messages from Kamdar read, "Give me your account number and expect that your opinion on Maharashtra CM will change". To this, Gaikwad had posted, "When someone like me who writes 3-4 lines on Facebook gets an offer from Fadnavis' OSD, imagine what those individuals going to discuss calling off farmers' strike (sic) must be offered".
Gaikwad has been booked for impersonation, outraging modesty of woman, defamation and various Sections of the IT Act.