Overview

• Yasin Shaikh, 49, was apprehended in Pune on July 16 by the Delhi Police Cyber Cell for allegedly defaming and harassing a 38-year-old Delhi resident.
• He faces charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after investigators found he posted the victim’s phone number with derogatory remarks on social media and lavatory walls.
• Police traced Shaikh through call detail records and IP logs before seizing one mobile phone and two SIM cards allegedly used in the offences.
• Shaikh told officers he acted in revenge over a perceived slight involving his girlfriend’s professional ties to the victim’s husband, a claim the woman denied.
• The complainant endured two to three years of relentless online abuse, including unsolicited calls and public shaming, before filing a case at the North Cyber Police Station.