Mumbai Crime: Mother traps monster who demanded sexual favours from her daughter

IllustrationUday MohiteTheres no shortage of Instagram creeps looking for fraandship with unsuspecting girls but at least one 17yearold has been saved from the clutches of an online predator thanks to the ingenious tactics of her mother and the Kherwadi police Not only did the 27yearold accused write vulgar messages but he also shared obscene pictures and asked the girl to meet him for a sexual encounter Not once did he suspect that he was chatting up the police and the girls mum the entire timeThe story began last month when Insta pervert Kailash Ghayal 27 sent a follow request to a 17yearold girl from Bandra East The teenager accepted his request and they started chatting At the time the girl had used a childhood photo as her profile picture Her mother grew suspicious of this online friendship and decided to find out what kind of person her daughter had befriended Since the minor didnt have a phone of her own she would chat on her mothers phone It was easy for her mum to go through the entire chat and she did not like what she found She began chatting with the accused posing as her daughter It wasnt long before Ghayal started sending obscene photos and asking for sexual favoursKailash GhayalHoneytrapShocked the mother reported the matter to the Kherwadi police on May 10 She told the police that Ghayal had not only sent vulgar messages but was also asking to meet her daughter for sex The cyber cell team from the Kherwadi police sprung into action and took over from the mother They started chatting with Ghayal and took the conversation aheadWhen he asked for a picture of his online lover the police sent him a computergenerated image of a woman Ghayal asked for more pictures and they obliged The accused liked what he saw so he then suggested that they talk on the phone This time a woman officer posed as the girl She persuaded the accused to visit her in MumbaiNailedGhayal lived in Pune where he had an administrative job at a real estate firm Excited about the invitation he arrived in Navi Mumbai on May 18 The lady cop who had been speaking to him asked him to share a selfie as well as his cell phone location to confirm he was in the city She then asked him to meet her at Swaminarayan Mandir in DadarUnbeknownst to him the police were lying in wait to catch him As soon as he arrived on the scene they arrested him under Sections 354 sexual harassment and 509 outraging a womans modesty of the IPC along with Section 67D of the IT Act publishing or transmitting obscene materialWe have scanned his mobile and found that he was talking to more girls on Instagram He would use the same modus operandi to harass them He claimed he was a big man in Pune with a lot of influential contacts We found out he is an HSCpass and was working at a builders office said an officer from the Kherwadi police Ghayal got out on bail last week but was summoned to Kherwadi police again on Wednesday for further interrogation Senior Inspector Rajendra Patil from Kherwadi police station said We are conducting further investigations They have also asked the Pune police to keep a close eye on Ghayals activitiesAlso Read Pune College Professor Demands Sexual Favours From Student In Exchange For More MarksCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates