The cyber crime cell of Chandigarh police have arrested three persons who allegedly created fake website and fake profile on a social networking website (Facebook), in the name of a legendary athlete, Milkha Singh.
The accused were later bailed out, said police on Friday. The accused were identified as Atir Khan, Sanjeev Kumar Singh and Afzar; all are employees of Netgains India internet Pvt ltd at Delhi. The accused have been booked under various Sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act and Section 201 of IPC, said Rajesh Kalia, DSP, cyber cell. The trio, who allegedly created fake website (a biographical website) and a fake profile on Facebook, were tracked down with the help of internet protocol (IP) log details. Investigations revealed that the IP logs used were registered in the name of Netgains India Internet Pvt ltd, Delhi. The teams of cyber crime cell had been conducting raids at several places to arrest the accused persons, but they were not found. However, a team served notice in Delhi for the accused persons. Following the notice, they surrendered on Friday but soon after their arrest they were granted bail by the court. A complaint in the matter was filed by Terminder Singh, a city based lawyer, on the behalf of Milkha Singh on February 2014. The veteran athlete has reported in his complaint that a website has been created without his knowledge. Milkha Singh had also complained the miscreants have created a fake Facebook account in his name and are operating it without his knowledge. The miscreants had also received a number of advertisements on the website, which could be seen by opening the fake website.
Terminder Singh had sought registration of a case against the unidentified persons who have created the fake website (milkhasingh.co.in). The complaint further had mentioned that the unidentified accused were well aware of the fact that the complainant was a renowned personality. The accused in a well-planned criminal conspiracy created the website in order to use Milkha’s name to achieve financial gains and benefits for themselves.