Mumbai, March 7: The Mumbai police recently arrested a 48-year-old man from Pune for allegedly sending obscene messages to women. Police officials said that the accused sent obscene WhatsApp videos and messages to over 100 women by calling random numbers. The accused identified as Rajkumar Raju Swami is a native of Karnataka.

The incident came to light in March 2022 when a fashion designer from Andheri approached the police and lodged a complaint against a former office boy., reports Hindustan Times. In her complaint, the fashion designer said that the former office boy had allegedly sent her obscene messages on WhatsApp after she had fired him. Cops said that Swami was reportedly fired for allegedly harassing the designer's female colleagues. Mumbai Shocker: Drunk Man Rapes Wife, Inserts Plastic Object in Her Private Part in Mulund; Arrested for Unnatural Sex.

Furious after he was fired, Swami wanted to take revenge and thus he started sending lewd messages to the designer. "After registering the case, we had been tracing the mobile number of Swami but we were not able to locate him as he had disposed of his SIM card." a police officer said.

However, cops got a clue when Swami's phone was switched on last week. The traced his location and arrested him from Pune. During interrogation, he told cops that he had sent lewd messages and videos to over 100 women. Shockingly, he did not know most of the women. He used to randomly dial numbers and if the phone was answered by a woman then Swami used to save the contact and then start sending obscene messages. Mumbai Shocker: Gym Trainer Molests Woman, Threatens To Kidnap Her Daughter After She Refuses To Meet Him; Arrested.

Swami told cops that he did all of this for fun and accepted that he did not know any of the women. An officer said that Swami used to see the profile pictures of women on WhatsApp and the send them messages. Some women even blocked his number. The accused has been arrested for molestation and under IT act.

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