The Borivali police have arrested a youth who allegedly created fake social media profiles on Instagram, posing as young girls to target minor girls. The suspect befriended the victims by promising to help them connect with their crushes. The incident came to light when the parents of two victims aged 13 and 14 approached the police station and filed a complaint a few months ago. The arrested accused were identified as Rishikesh Dilip Kalambe, 21, from Malad, and Vignesh Jadhav, 23, a Worli resident.

Modus operandi

School-going girls were their target. After befriending them they used to find out their age and details about their crushes. On the pretext of building a bond between them and their respective crushes, they would engage in the conversation further. After building a healthy trust they used to ask for their nude pictures later. The victims would then be threatened that the pictures would be made viral.