According to Navghar Police, the women, both aged 40, have been in a relationship for the past decade and were working with a city-based hospital.
A 40-year-old woman, accused of uploading nude photographs of her live-in girlfriend on social media platforms, surrendered herself after the court rejected her anticipatory bail application. The accused was on run since the day the victim had filed a complaint.
According to Navghar Police, the women, both aged 40, have been in a relationship for the past decade and were working with a city-based hospital.
The complainant worked as a dietician, while the accused was attached to the pathology lab in the hospital. On November 21 last year, the victim noticed that the accused had put up her nude picture as her Whatsapp display status. The victim said when she confronted the accused about it, she was allegedly told that the pictures were taken when she was in the bathroom the previous day. The victim further said that they got into a fight after which the accused threatened to malign her by circulating the pictures and left the house.
The victim claimed that later she pleaded with the accused, but the latter refused to relent. This pushed the victim to finally file a police complaint on February 4.
"The couple were in a relationship for over a decade and work in the pathology department of a reputed private hospital in the western suburbs. The policeman probing the case said the women had worked together for a long period before becoming close friends. One of them was married and after her marriage ended, their bond grew stronger. The couple started living in Mulund. The accused had got separated from her husband and both the ladies were staying together." The accused surrendered herself before the court and she has also confessed crime before the magistrate and said that she had shared the pictures in a fit of rage. The accused has been sent to judicial custody," said Madhav More, Senior Inspector of Navghar Police Station,
The complainant also claimed that she helped the accused lady during her financial crisis. "Six months ago they started having trouble in their relationship," said a police officer from Navghar police station. During this time, the complainant allegedly learned that the accused was using her pictures and passing them off as her own on Facebook for over two years.
The FIR was registered with Navghar police station, Mulund (E) under sections 354 (outraging the modesty of a woman), 506 (criminal intimidation) 509 (word, gesture or act intended
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