PANAJI: Police arrested small-time event organiser

, 30, a resident of

, for floating a nude pool party poster to lure and cheat customers and brought him to Goa on Monday. The titillating advertisement had created an uproar among Goan

politicians

and residents and residents as well.

On September 22, two posters advertising a nude pool party at Morjim-Ashwem road in Morjim went viral. The poster depicted nude and semi-nude pictures of women. A case under Section 67 of the IT Act and Section 6 of the Indecent Representation of Women Act was registered at the crime branch.

Later a team was constituted to investigate the case. Crime branch SP Pankaj Kumar Singh said the posters had a mobile number which was continuously switched off. Based on technical analysis, teams were sent to New Delhi and Bihar to follow up on leads.

The accused had not only switched off his mobile phone but also had changed his location at various places in West Bengal and Bihar. The accused had told his girlfriend he was going to Dehradun. Several teams were sent to various parts of the country to track him.

“After a massive manhunt, the owner of the mobile number Armaan Mehta, 30, resident Katihar, Bihar, was tracked down and arrested from Katihar. His mobile phone and laptop have been seized,” Singh said

Mehta has been working with his friends in organising events and parties in New Delhi. Singh said the accused would arrange girls to participate in those parties.

Singh said initially he made some money but later his business declined due to his habits of drinking and spending on his girlfriends. He also said that the accused was going through a rough patch for the last six months.

“The accused then decided to create a demand for his services by floating a poster claiming to organize nude pool parties in Goa. He had visited Goa once with his friends in October 2018. He downloaded a few pictures from internet and edited them using a mobile app. His plan was to create sensation and cheat his prospective customers. When he started getting a huge number of calls from India and abroad, including Dubai, he panicked and switched off the phone. His role in human trafficking is also being probed,” Singh said.