Mumbai fashion stylist faces harassment after fake dating profile emerges

The woman has since been receiving calls and messages from potential matches. REPRESENTATION PIC/ISTOCK

An Andheri-based fashion stylist has registered an FIR at Amboli police station after an unknown person created a fake profile in her name on a dating app, and sent multiple messages to people for a meet. The stylist, 43, has since been receiving calls and messages from potential matches.

The complainant has been living in Andheri with her husband for the past three years. She has a public Instagram account and has shared her mobile number for professional purposes. According to the police, she has been receiving suspicious messages on her mobile phone from various unknown numbers since June. Messages such as "You had called me to meet" were received. Initially, she ignored them, but as the frequency of such messages increased, she started blocking the numbers.

"On August 6, an unknown man called her husband on his mobile phone and asked, ‘Are you her manager?' This raised suspicion. Further inquiry revealed that a fake profile had been created in the woman's name on a dating app called ‘Pure'.The accused had mentioned the stylist's and her husband's phone numbers on the app, claiming that he is her manager. Eventually, she began receiving messages and calls, asking for obscene chats and video calls," said an officer.

Another officer said, "We have registered an FIR against the unknown person and are receiving help from the Cyber Cell team. We also approached the ‘Pure' dating app to identify the accused."

June
Month the woman began receiving texts from unknown numbers