Bengaluru, June 18 -- A Bengaluru woman has accused a city police officer of alleged harassment by contacting her on WhatsApp using the mobile number she had provided while filing an official police complaint.

Janhavi Desai stated she had lodged the complaint last year. Months later, the police officer messaged her on WhatsApp with the phone number she provided, she alleged.

She shared screenshots of the chat conversation, which show the sender allegedly greeted her and asked about her well-being. Janhavi responded by asking why she was being contacted and questioned the purpose of the messages.

After being called out, the sender enabled disappearing messages, which she claimed were an attempt to make the conversation more private.

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