A tribal youth was arrested on the charge of clicking nude photos of a married woman and threatening her to upload those on internet in Mayurbhanj district.
The accused was identified as Ganeswar Hembram (27) of Dhokota village. The incident took place on June 8 in the morning in the Badampahada area where the accused stripped the woman’s clothes in a forest and took her photographs on his mobile phone.
According to reports, Ganeswar chased the woman while she was going to the forest near her home. Without missing an opportunity in an isolated place in the forest, the accused overpowered her and clicked nude photographs after removing her clothes.
He also threatened the victim of uploading the photos on internet if she disclosed the incident to anyone. The woman told her husband about all this after returning home. Her husband wanted to solve the issue in the village where three meetings were held for the purpose. However, the issue could not be sorted out by villagers.
later, the victim’s husband lodged a complaint at the Badampahada police station on June 18. Acting on the complaint, police arrested the accused on Tuesday and forwarded him to court.