SURAT: Merely "liking" sensuous photographs on a social networking site has landed a man in trouble.
Surat police have booked a commercial tax department officer in Rajkot Sanjay Gandhi following directions of the first class judicial magistrate under Section 292 of IPC for distributing obscene material.
Gandhi's wife Nila, who lives separately in Surat, approached the court complaining that her elder daughter is undergoing mental agony after some "objectionable" pictures of women, which her father had "liked" on Facebook (FB) appeared on her wall. The pictures appeared after Gandhi accepted a friend request from his 14-year-old daughter. She had sent him a request to get some guidance regarding a school project, police said.
When their daughter saw the pictures that her father had liked, she immediately informed her mother, who approached the court with a complaint. Before that Nila also contacted Gandhi and requested him to remove the photographs and apologize. However, Gandhi turned down both the requests.
"The accused has no regret for his act due to which his daughter is undergoing mental agony. Due to his act and adamant approach, we filed an affidavit in the court after which the inquiry was ordered and he was booked," Nila's lawyer Priti Joshi said.
The couple has been living separately since many years and is fighting a legal battle for divorce. Nila has also demanded alimony from her husband as he lives away from the family.
Following the complaint, Gandhi applied for bail. But the court has rejected his plea. Police are now searching for Gandhi, who is absconding after the incident.
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