Man booked for blackmailing, raping girl after morphing her FB photo

FATEHABAD: Uploading photos on social networking site Facebook landed a 19-year-old girl from Haryana's Fatehabad town in serious trouble after a youth downloaded one of her pictures and morphed it.

The youth, Gautam Kumar, later allegedly started blackmailing the girl. He also abducted the survivor, raped her and forcibly married her.

Following a complaint, police have registered a case of rape and criminal intimidation against three youths. No arrest has been made so far. A police officer said, "A case has been registered against the accused Gautam after the medical examination of the victim. We will nab the accused soon."

The girl alleged that she was abducted by Gautam Kumar, a resident of Sirsa, on April 23 with the help Sonu and Raju. She added, "Gautam who is a cameraman downloaded one of my photos from my Facebook account. He morphed my face on an obscene photo and started blackmailing me. He forced me to get physical with him."

On finding the girl missing after being allegedly abducted by Kumar, her family members lodged a complaint. Her family later came to know that Kumar had allegedly married the girl on April 28.  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Man-booked-for-blackmailing-raping-girl-after-morphing-her-FB-photo/articleshow/34748169.cms?intenttarget=no