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Police arrests man after 21-year-old commits suicide over semi-nude photo

ANI
Published : Jun 29, 2016, 11:52 am IST
Updated : Jun 29, 2016, 11:52 am IST

The Tamil Nadu college girl ended her life after her morphed semi-nude picture appeared on Facebook.

Vinupriya hanged herself to death in her house when she was alone.(Representational image)
 Vinupriya hanged herself to death in her house when she was alone.(Representational image)

The Tamil Nadu college girl ended her life after her morphed semi-nude picture appeared on Facebook.

The police on Wednesday arrested a man for uploading morphed pictures of a 21-year woman on Facebook, which led her to commit suicide.

Vinupriya, a B.Sc student began facing harassment on Facebook after she was tagged in a picture which was obscenely morphed.

Read: Tamil Nadu: College girl ends life after her semi-nude picture appears on Facebook

Her father had filed a complaint with the Magudanchavadi police station ten days ago regarding the violation.

The family claims that the police did not take any steps despite several complaints, nor did they begin procedure on blocking or removing the morphed photo.

With the picture still being online and seeing no hope, Vinupriya hanged herself to death in her house when she was alone.

Her body was sent to the Salem General Hospital for post mortem and results are awaited.

After the victim's family protested in front of the GH against the police, the cops kicked into action and filed a case beginning investigation into the matter. ' (This story originally appeared in the deccan Chronicle as may the case be)

Location: India, Tamil Nadu, Salem