Guwahati, September 30: Cyber criminals are targeting the common citizens through various means. Days after a fake call centre racket duping common people was busted in Assam, this time female college students have fallen prey to cyber criminals that too in Guwahati city. College authorities have lodged a complaint at Basistha police station regarding the matter.

As per a report by TOI, photographs of at least 20 girl students pursuing their studies at the Beltola College have been morphed by miscreants to turn them into obscene contents. If reports are to be believed, the photographs were sourced from a Whatsapp group of the college students where the victims are also participants. Bengaluru Shocker: Doctor Receives Sex Video With Morphed Photos of Him, Caller Threatens To Upload Clip on Social Media; Case Registered.

One of the students informed, "A girl from our college was in a relationship with a boy who is an outsider, he is not from our college. But when the girl decided to part ways with the guy. After that the boy hacked the girls phone and accessed the Whatsapp group. Man Creates Fake Social Media Accounts of Mumbai Woman, Uploads Her Morphed Nude Pics After She Ends Friendship.

Photographs used as profile pictures have been morphed as obscene content, not only students but also a few teachers. The photographs have been made viral. The links are shared across different platforms."

Not only this, another student alleged that they were threatened by the miscreants too. If that was not all, some of the students are also facing a harrowing time since they are repeatedly getting calls from unidentified numbers. "They upload the pictures from other sources, call from a different number and send text from different numbers," he said.

“Pictures of at least 9 of our batch mates (girls) have been made viral. Our professors went to the Basistha Police Station to file a complaint. The girl students are in fear, since their pictures are being morphed and mixed with obscene contents, said another student.

In the meanwhile, police said the matter is being investigated to find out who was involved in the crime. "The complainant has provided the phone number that was used in WhatsApp account from where the morphed photographs were made viral. So, we think the person will soon be in the police net," a police officer said.

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