The Cyber police have arrested a man on the charge of uploading obscene photographs of his wife on social media platform here.
The accused, identified as Saroj Kumar Das, was apprehended by the Bhubaneswar Cyber police from Chandbali area in Bhadrak district on Monday.
According to reports, Saroj was working as a plumber in Bhadrak and his wife was engaged as a domestic help at Mancheswar in Bhubaneswar.
Saroj used to spend all his money on consuming alcohol and sometimes his wife was sending money to him whenever he asked for. In recent past, the couple confronted each other after the woman stopped paying him for which the accused posted some obscene pictures of her on his Facebook handle which went viral.
One of the neighbours of Saroj’s wife in Bhubaneswar found the obscene photographs on Facebook and she informed the latter.
Saroj’s wife lodged a complaint in this regard with the Bhubaneswar DCP, following which a case was registered at the Cyber police station.
Based on the complaint, the Cyber police arrested the accused under Sections 383,420,498(A),509 of IPC and sections 67,67(A) of IT Act. He was forwarded to a court here on Tuesday.