Kendrapara: Police in Kendrapara district arrested a man on Tuesday for allegedly posting objectionable images of a government nurse on social media.
The arrest follows a formal complaint (FIR) filed by the victim, a nurse employed by the government.
According to police, the accused had been in a live-in relationship with the woman. The relationship soured, leading him to allegedly upload explicit photographs of her on various social media platforms.
“Based on the nurse’s FIR, we arrested the accused. A case has been registered against him under relevant sections of the Information Technology (IT) Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),” stated a senior police officer.
The accused was presented before a local court, which denied his bail application and remanded him to judicial custody.