Salem suicide: Tamil Nadu Police arrests man for uploading morphed pictures of girl on Facebook

The Tamil Nadu Police have arrested a man named Suresh for allegedly uploading morphed photographs of a 21-year-old woman on Facebook.

The woman, Vinupriya, a BSc graduate, had committed suicide on Monday after discovering that someone had morphed her face on to some obscene photos and had uploaded the same to the social networking site.

Suresh, 21, works in powerloom sector.

In her suicide note, Vinupriya had stated that she could not deal with the humiliation any longer. Police is suspecting it is an act of vengeance.

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COMPLAINT FILED

Vinupriya's parents had filed a complaint with the police regarding the Facebook page and had asked for the page to be taken down.

However, before the police could take any action, the accused uploaded more morphed photos of Vinupriya. In the latest update on Sunday, June 26, the girl's image was posted with the contact information of her father.

This was the last straw for Vinupriya. She committed suicide when her parents had gone to the police station. She was later declared dead at the Salem Hospital.

"We have lost our child; there is nothing more we can do. If officials had taken down the page when we had complained about it, this day may never have come for our child," lamented Annadurai, Vinupriya's father.

Worse still, she was not sure whether her parents believed in her innocence. Vinupriya got to know of her fake Facebook profile on June 23 when she was alerted by a few friends. The fake profile had numerous obscene pictures of hers.

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LACK OF TIMELY ACTION

The family lodged a complaint with the Superintendent of Police (SP), Salem district, Amit Kumar Singh, and urged him to take action against the miscreants. The complaint was later forwarded to Magudanchavadi police by the SP. The family though has alleged that timely action was not taken by the officials. There are allegations that some police officials had called up the family and had asked for a bribe in order to proceed with the investigation. Ironically, the police got the page pulled down an hour after Vinupriya committed suicide.

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FAMILY WANTS JUSTICE

Annadurai and his family want justice for Vinupriya. Earlier, the family had refused to receive Vinupriya's body from the hospital after the post-mortem. "Till the police arrest the culprit we won't budge," Annadurai had said. On June 28, nearly 24 hours after Vinupriya's death and after assurances from the Salem SP that the accused would be caught within the next two days, Vinupriya's family finally decided to receive the body.

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NEED STRONGER LAWS: MANEKA GANDHI

Reacting to news of Vinupriya's suicide, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said that she received such complaints on a daily basis and that there was a need to make cyber laws stronger.

"Cyber laws should be strengthened and we will take up this matter with the home ministry," she said.

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