BHOPAL: Police on Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old engineer for hacking into his wife’s email and social media accounts . Police said that the woman had filed a complaint stating that her husband hacked into her accounts, suspecting her of infidelity.Investigating officer, inspector Manish Rai said, that the man — Nitish Umaria — suspected his wife of having an extra marital affair and hacked into her accounts to find her lover. The man changed the passwords of the accounts and started chatting with her friends posing as her. As his suspicion grew, he even took her cell phone from her. Unable to bear the harassment, the woman filed a complaint with the cyber cell on Monday.Police said that the woman, a resident of Bhopal , met her husband through Facebook a year ago. They soon became friends and got married. However, Nitish started suspecting her wife whenever she used her social media accounts.Police registered a case against Nitish under relevant sections of IPC and IT Act and arrested him. They also recovered the complainant’s cell phone from him. The inspector said that the accused and the complainant had earlier filed applications at family counselling centre as well.

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