Keralam student arrested for allegedly circulating morphed images of teachers; police say more youth under radar

The Thrikkakara police on Friday recorded the arrest of a 20-year-old student of Bharata Mata College, Thrikkakara in Ernakulam district, Keralam, a day after he was taken into custody for allegedly morphing photographs of a few teachers and circulating them online.The arrested is Sreehari V.S., a second-year BBA student. He has been booked under Section 67A of the Information Technology Act which deals with transmission of material containing sexually explicit acts in electronic form, Section 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) which handles offences meant to insult a woman’s modesty or intrude upon her privacy and Section 119(1)(b) of the Kerala Police Act (recording or sharing photos and videos that harm a woman’s privacy), according to police sources.The investigation so far has re