Shillong, May 21:  Noted women activists on Monday urged the state government and its police department to effectively implement the existing criminal laws in view of the misuse of social media for malicious purposes is on the rise.

The demand came from the leaders of Thma U Rangli Juki (TUR) and Civil Society Women’s Organization (CSWO) after a woman was unnecessarily victimised recently in the social media.

Pdianghun Mawlong from Byrnihat in Ri Bhoi District was one of the victims whose photographs uploaded in a famous social platform – Facebook was misused and circulated through Whatsapp.

Miscreants had lifted her photographs taken along with her husband Badondor Tyngkan and was circulated along with an explicit-sex video. They tried to insinuate that Pdianghun was the female seen in the said video.

The couple, who had to go through difficult times for no fault of theirs, decided to seek justice by filing a first information report (FIR) with the Umiam Police Station on May 10 and urged the persons responsible behind the act be booked as per law of the land.

“I came to know about my photographs being misused on social media when I got a call from a friend and immediately on May 10, me and my husband we went and filed an FIR. I want police to take stern action and ensure this does not happen to others,” Pdianghun told reporters at news conference held here.

The victim who broke down in tears also said that the incident had also created a big misunderstanding in which her husband’s relatives without knowing that everything was fake had threatened her for allegedly misusing Tyngkan Clan on facebook.

Her husband, Badondor said that on searching, he found that the explicit video was in fact uploaded in facebook last year and miscreants with malicious intentions took his wife’s photos and circulated the same through Whatsapp.

On the other hand, TUR leader Angela Rangad, who came out to support the couple, expressed concern over the fact that women are made to be soft target in the social media.

“Therefore, we urged the law enforcers to effectively implement the criminal laws against such attempts to outrage the modesty of women and girls by abusing and misusing of the social media,” she said.

Rngad said that not only the people who are behind circulating such lies, but the ones who received and share should also be punished as per law.

Echoing in similar lines, CSWO chief Agnes Kharshiing however asked the police to take all the sharers of the video in order to nab the culprits behind the irresponsible act.

Rngad further stated that the Meghalaya State Women Commission should also pro-actively monitor some groups, who are in the habit of abusing women, in the social platforms like facebook and others.