Woman forgives ex-colleague who defamed her on Orkut

24-year-old withdraws complaint against man who created her fake profile on Orkut and posted an obscene note along with her landline number

A 25-year-old man, who was arrested on Tuesday for defaming his former colleague by creating a fake profile of her on a social networking site, was released after the woman withdrew her complaint in court.

Vejalpur police had arrested Chinmay Dalal on Tuesday night after the 24-year-old woman filed an application of harassment against him with the Crime Branch.

Dalal was presented in the metropolitan court on Wednesday. As soon as the court convened, the woman filed a pursis (stating she doesn’t want to pursue the matter further). Following which, urgent Metropolitan Magistrate B A Dave gave bail to the accused.


Past comes to haunt

The woman, an M Com degree holder, in her application to the Crime Branch stated that in 2008-09, as a marketing executive with Planman Marketing Pvt Ltd in Satellite she was a frequent visitor to social networking sites such as Orkut and Facebook. She regularly kept in touch with friends through these sites and shared pictures. Life was hunky-dory.

However, things changed one fine morning of December 2009, when she started getting obscene calls on her landline. Troubled by the calls, she went into depression.

It was during this time, a friend, Viren, told her that somebody had put up her fake profile on both these sites, with her actual photo and landline number. The profile stated, “I’m not chilly, call me to taste on.”

The girl immediately checked the sites and was aghast. It was then that she remembered sharing her pictures with a former colleague, Chinmay Dalal.

She subsequently filed a complaint with the cyber cell of Crime Branch suspecting Dalal of misdemeanour.

Vejalpur police arrested him on Tuesday. Dalal’s interrogation revealed he had created the woman’s profile on June 11, 2009. When asked, why he did it, Dalal said, the woman had rebuffed his marriage proposal. This angered him and he decided to avenge it.