The VB Nagar police is on the lookout for the jilted lover who hacked the email account of a 24-year-old girl and uploaded her obscene pictures on a social networking site. The probe has revealed that the accused had feelings for the girl, but as she turned down his proposal, he decided to harass her. To commit the crime, the accused conspired with the victim’s “close” friend, who also wanted to settle scores with the girl over
some dispute. While the friend has already been arrested in the case, the jilted lover is still absconding.
The wanted accused has been identified as John Pareira, booked on the complaint of one Rosy Fernandes (name changed).
According to the police, the offence took place in May this year. A female colleague of the victim first told her that she has seen some obscene pictures of her on the Internet. The victim then tried to access her account, but failed and realised that her email id had been hacked by someone. She suspected that Pareira and her friend Michael Gonsalves could be behind this act as they were going through a rough patch for two months. They were in the same school, and over the last four years, had developed a close friendship. “Gonsalves had taken Fernandes’ gold ring in the past and had recently sought some monetary help from her, as he wanted to go to Singapore to work. However, when she refused to give him the money, he convinced her to give him her gold earrings, promising to return them soon, but never returned it. He even took her cellphone and didn’t return it. Recently, they had a fight over some issues and stopped talking
to each other,” said an officer from the VB Nagar police station.
Pareira was also on her suspect’s list as she thought he could be behind this act to seek revenge over her refusal. He was also acquainted with Gonsalves and knew that the two were having problems, the officer added.
“When the victim called them, they admitted to having conspired against her,” said another officer.
The victim then approached the VB Nagar police and lodged the offence against the duo.