Ahmedabad, December 26: A student has been arrested in the Gujarat capital for uploading his female professor's phone number on porn and dating websites. The accused, whose identity has been withheld from media to keep the victim anonymous, was held late night on Monday by the cyber crime department of Ahmedabad police.

Officials privy to the case said a teacher, in her early 40s', was being harassed over the past couple of months by callers from all parts of the nation and abroad, seeking sexual favours. Her phone was flooded with hundreds of messages from people who found her number on the dating sites. Around 50 Million Google Searches for Sexual Harassment Since #MeToo: Study.

After she approached the police, the cyber crime unit initiated probe and found that her number was uploaded on websites being hosted from foreign countries. The police pursued the case further and reached out to the website operators, seeking details of the user who uploaded the victim's phone number.

The websites complied with the police's request, and submitted the IP address and other details of the uploader. Tracing the same, the police zeroed down on the 24-year-old youth and took him into custody.

On interrogation, the miscreant told the police that he was scolded by the professor nearly four months. This compelled him to take revenge, by uploading the woman's details on the dating websites.

DCP, cyber cell, Rajdeepsinh Jhala said stringent action will be taken against the accused. He has been booked under various provisions of  IPC and IT Act sections, Jhala added.

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