Mumbai: A woman has landed in legal trouble after allegedly launching a social media smear campaign against her prospective mother-in-law after she rejected the proposal to marry her son.According to police, the accused allegedly circulated morphed obscene photographs and defamatory messages targeting the woman, a resident of Sewri, in an apparent act of revenge.The complainant, who works with the Maharashtra State Security Board in Thane, told police that her 22-year-old son had been in a relationship with the complainant for nearly three years after the two met on social media.Trouble began when she allegedly started pressuring the young man to marry her, leading to frequent disputes, police said.The youth later informed his mother that he wanted to end the relationship, claiming the woman had a difficult temperament and habits he did not approve of, including the consumption of tobacco and gutkha, an official said.Consequently, the complainant turned down the marriage proposal.Enraged by the rejection, the accused allegedly threatened the family with false police complaints and uploaded a post on social media. She allegedly used a photograph of the complainant, morphed it onto an image of a woman alongside a man, and accompanied it with obscene and defamatory messages, police added.RAK Marg Police Station has registered an FIR under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology (IT) Act. Further investigation is underway, the official added.
