Girl arrested for ‘sharing’ friend’s indecent photos on Facebook

Police arrested a girl from Sadar upazila of Satkhira on Saturday allegedly for sharing indecent photos of her friend on Facebook and that forced the victim to make a suicide attempt, reports UNB.

The arrestee is Rini Khatun, 18, daughter of Abdur Rakib of Ramerdanga village.

Mustafizur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Sadar police station, said Rini took nude photos of the victim, a first year student of Jhaudanga College, while helping her take a bath recently when a bridegroom party came to see her.

Later, she extorted money from the college girl for several times threating to upload the photos on Facebook.

However, Rini shared the photos on Facebook recently as her latest demand for money went unheeded.

Upset at the circulation of the photos on the social networking site, the college girl tried to commit suicide by hanging herself on Friday night.

The victim, who was undergoing treatment at Satkhira Sadar Hospital, is now out of danger, said the physicians.

The victim's father filed a complaint with the police station on Friday night, the OC said, adding that they later arrested the girl.