Ahmedabad: He lost his job with a private company nine months ago, but allegedly continued to nurse a grudge against his former colleagues. The former assistant manager allegedly found a way to settle the score by creating WhatsApp groups, adding his former boss and several colleagues, and then bombarding them with abuses, insults and threats.The messages allegedly began on Oct 21 and continued for two more days. The ex-boss, also the company’s legal department vice-president, has since approached Vastrapur police.According to the complaint registered on Friday, the accused contacted the complainant on his personal WhatsApp number.The accused allegedly created multiple WhatsApp groups, added the complainant and several other employees, and posted messages containing abusive language, insults and threats of physical violence. The harassment allegedly continued over the next two days, with the accused sending messages at different times and targeting multiple employees.The complainant told police that the former employee may have been particularly upset after learning that some colleagues had laughed when he was dismissed from service. He also suspected that his position in the legal department could have made him a target.According to the complaint, the accused allegedly used the WhatsApp groups to publicly humiliate his former colleagues and provoke them with abusive messages.The complainant said he had preserved copies of all the WhatsApp messages and submitted them to police for action. A colleague and other employees who were added to the groups have been listed as witnesses.
