Mumbai:
A 20-year-old girl in Mumbai has alleged that her face was morphed on a three-minute video clip that shows her getting intimate with an unknown boy.
The girl accused her friend Faiz Sayyed, a student of Wilson College, of using his animation skills to morph the clip. Faiz is the son of Ismail Sayyed, co-owner of City Centre Mall at Mumbai Central.
"I saw myself nude in the cellphone clip he showed me. It's a three-minute video showing an unknown boy getting intimate with me. But it's not me. My photo has been morphed using animation skills," she alleged.
The girl said a common friend had introduced her to Faiz in June 2009. "After showing me the clip in December, he asked me to pay up Rs 10,000, which I refused," she said. She further alleged that Faiz had snatched her bank ATM card.
The girl also accused Faiz's friend, Imran Khan of consistently demanding money and threatening her. Imran is the son of Kadar Khan, who owns Sheesha and Mezban hookah parlour in Grant Road, where the girl used to often hang out with Faiz.
On January 6, the girl allegedly lodged a complaint at the VP Road police station. "The police registered a complaint of harassment and threat, but not about the video clip, saying it was not their duty," she said.
Faiz, however, claims the girl was his girlfriend. "We had a close relationship. I even lent her Rs 15,000 when her father was unwell," he claimed. "Later, when I asked her to return the money, she threatened to frame me in a fraud case."
His friend, Imran, too, refuted the allegation of harassment. "I was a friend, but am not involved in this case," he said.