Kendrapara, Aug. 10 -- Pattamundai Rural Police today arrested Pramod Behera, the boyfriend of a Pattamundai college girl who allegedly set herself on fire at her home in Kathipada on August 6.
The arrest followed an FIR lodged by the girl's father, Sashikanta Parida, accusing Pramod of blackmailing and harassing his daughter by circulating her obscene photos on social media.
Police also seized the accused's mobile phone, Kendrapara SP Siddharth Kataria told UNI.
Acting on the complaint, police registered a case under Sections 296 (obscene acts), 75 (sexual harassment), 78 (offence of stalking) and 108 (abetment of suicide) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Sections 66(E) and 67(A) of the Information Technology Act.
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