In Mumbai, 3 women forced to repay ‘loan’, nude pics circulated

MUMBAI: Three women have filed separate police complaints after they were harassed by loan sharks who morphed their pictures and circulated them to their parents, relatives, friends and others in their contact list in the last 72 hours. The police said these women who are from Andheri, Jogeshwari, and Malad received threatening calls claiming that they had taken loans, although the women say they had not, and the callers demanded repayment of the loan.Later, nude pictures morphed with their faces were circulated.
PS Kewat (27) from Jogeshwari got a call on Apr 8 and was abused and threatened. The caller demanded that she repay Rs 3,700 taken as loan from Candy App. “I got 24 threatening calls in an hour from different numbers for a loan I never took. When I refused, my morphed images were circulated,” her FIR states.
Oshiwara police said that her morphed photos were circulated on social media with a caption that tarnished her name and listed a mobile number. “The cyber wing of Oshiwara police is tracking the numbers used,” said an officer.
In the second case registered on Apr 9, the woman from Malad, KS Yadav (26), was also targeted with abusive calls, and her pictures were morphed and sent to her relatives and friends. When Yadav made her brother talk with the caller (a woman), he too was abused. “The fraudster circulated Yadav’s morphed photos to at least four friends,” said an officer.
The third, a 25-year-old from Andheri, faced similar threats. “I clicked on a link (Sweet Money Instant Loan) that I received on my mobile on Apr 6 and Rs1,800 got credited to my account without my consent. Later I got at least half a dozen calls, asking to repay the loan,” said KB Kshatriya in the FIR registered at Powai police station on Apr 8.