Harassment of women over phones increase in Cyberabad

Mobile phones, SMS and social media play a key role in harassment of a women. The predators, somehow, have managed to get contact numbers of women they wanted to attack on, and have harassed them over phone calls for a long time.

She Teams Cyberabad, in November, indicates that a majority of harassment cases were over mobile phones. Out of a total of 147 complaints in the month, 57 pertained to harassment over mobile phone, police officials said.

A private bank manager in Manikonda, had asked a customer for her phone number. When she refused to give it to him, the manager somehow managed to get her number and started harassing her. The victim recording all the calls so that she can have a strong proof. She messaged the Cyberabad She Teams on WhatsApp and lodged a complaint, after which the banker, a 55-year-old man, was nabbed and counseled.

Complaints of stalking came second at 29 while cheating in the guise of marrying was in third position with 22 complaints, officials said, adding that the 11 She Teams in Cyberabad have received complaints through different means including WhatsApp, email, HawkEye, direct walk-ins and also via Facebook, after which 31 cases, including 11 criminal cases, were registered. Apart from this, the She Teams received 82 calls on Dial 100 as well.