Kolkata-based engineer arrested for harassing student in Boston

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Kolkata-based engineer arrested for harassing student in Boston

The Salt Lake police arrested a systems engineer of a reputed IT firm for blackmailing a Boston-based student

According to the girl's complaint, accused had even uploaded some nude pictures of her on university website

KOLKATA: Acting on an email complaint by a Boston-based post graduate student, the Salt Lake police on Wednesday arrested a systems engineer of a reputed IT firm in Sector-V for threatening and blackmailing her. Avinash Chaturvedi had known the complainant for the past few months from when they started their training programme in the IT major's Gandhinagar branch. Their relationship broke when the girl left for US to pursue higher studies and Avinash was send to join the firm's Salt Lake offices.

Police said they received the complaint from the girl a few days back. The girl in her email alleged that Avinash had not only sent her a email threatening and intimidating her but had kept pressurizing her According to her complaint, Avinash had even uploaded some nude pictures of her among their common friends and colleagues and even uploaded them in her university website. According to her Avinash was desperate that she returns to Kolkata and was repeatedly threatening to criminally defame her in public.

Salt Lake police commissioner Gyanwant Singh said, "We started our investigations based on her complaint. This was done on humanitarian grounds for she had genuine reasons for not physically coming to the police station and lodging a complaint." Later, at the police urging the victim's father lodged a formal complaint against Avinash completing the legal formalities leading to the arrest.

Police said Avinash first stayed as a tenant in Mahishghote; now he stayed in Khidderpore. Prima facie, police said, Avinash had a good relationship with the girl during their training days in Gandhinagar. Problem surfaced when it got over and the girl was keen to pursue her higher studies in US. Avinash wanted her to work with him in Kolkata. Unable to change her mind, he resorted to blackmail and threats. The girl lodged her complaint only when he posted the nude pictures to blackmail her.

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[sarv_shaktimaan]

I didn't understand whether arrest happened in USA or India ..

anyhow, one had better be careful when letting others click nude photos of yourself. Thankfully she complained and got him arrested, unlike many others who would have succumbed to the harassment.

[kkkk]

Boston based student - sounds like the she is Indian though...

absolutely, careful about others clicking nude photos - but its not necessary the photos were her... nowadays crazies and idiots find photo-shopping easy to defame girls.

Recently an Irish girl was raped and killed in goa (its in papers all over the UK) and there are further rape incidents in Delhi - dont know how to change the culture among men.

[Sane Less]

Originally Posted by sarv_shaktimaan

I didn't understand whether arrest happened in USA or India ..

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Something tells me that there is a Salt Lake place in WB... and the article is not referring to Salt Lake City in Utah. But I could be wrong :d

[Napolean]

Originally Posted by Sane Less

Something tells me that there is a Salt Lake place in WB... and the article is not referring to Salt Lake City in Utah. But I could be wrong :d

You are right.

[dirty]

Originally Posted by Sane Less

Something tells me that there is a Salt Lake place in WB... and the article is not referring to Salt Lake City in Utah. But I could be wrong :d

You are wrong . You are not wrong.