Telugu TV actress posts pictures of her eve-teasers online, gets them arrested

Hyderabad: Social media once again showed what it was capable of when Ashmita Karnani, a Telugu TV actress, shamed her eve-teasers by posting their pictures on Facebook and getting them arrested.

After 11,000 people shared the photo on FB, the Hyderabad SHE team arrested the two accused, who are traders, by tracing their bike number. Additional commissioner of police (crimes and SIT) Swathi Lakra said that Imran Bin Mohammed, 30, from Shalibanda, and Syed Norulla Hussaini, 29, from Bahadurpura have been arrested following the Facebook post.

On April 26, Ashmita had posted on her wall: “While returning from work today (from city centre signal -Punjagutta) being harassed by these two super cool dudes (vehicle number TS11EB3507) who were hell bent on obstructing my way, making gestures etc! Show them some love guys! Make them popular on FB.”

Few hours later, the popular FB page ‘Rajnikant V/s CID Jokes’ shared it, after which more than 11,000  people shared it on FB. The Hyderabad traffic police was also tagged. The SHE team then swing into action and arrested the culprits.

After hearing the arrest news, the actress posted on FB: “Heartfelt thanks to the SHE Team, Hyderabad, and all my friends and family who stood by me. Shout out to all my FB friends, wouldn’t have ever happened without you all.”

In a separate case, a student named Pradeep Kumar, who allegedly harassed a female student by ringing  her up during odd hours and threatening to put up her photographs as well as video clips on the Internet if she didn’t accept his proposal, has been arrested, a police official said.