Man working at the Nilgiris DPO arrested for harassing police officer

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A 45-year-old antheral moving astatine the Nilgiris District Police Office (DPO) was arrested for sending objectionable photos and videos to a elder constabulary officer.

The accused has been identified arsenic Murugan, a nonmigratory of Sattur successful Virudhunagar. According to the police, Murugan worked arsenic an adjunct to the superintendent astatine the DPO and was tasked with refunding officers for incidental expenses related to their enactment connected cases.

Murugan, who was moving successful the Nilgiris for the past 2 years, was asked to process the requests made by a elder constabulary serviceman who was investigating a case. She had produced receipts of incidental expenses incurred during her question and had besides mentioned her telephone number.

It is alleged that Murugan had noted down her telephone fig and began harassing the serviceman with messages. As she had not saved his fig connected her phone, she had avoided responding to the messages. However, aboriginal Murugan is said to person begun sending her objectionable images and videos.

Following a complaint, the Ooty agrarian constabulary registered a lawsuit and began investigations. They traced the telephone fig to Murugan and arrested him nether Sections of the Information Technology Act, 2000. The constabulary besides added that they were investigating if Murugan had been harassing different women.

Published - November 23, 2025 07:02 p.m. IST

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