A 34-year-old man who working in a top software company as a HR was arrested on Thursday by cyber crime wing men attached to the city police for posting his wife’s profile on the internet as that of a call girl.

A 27-year-old woman working in his office was also arrested by the police connection in the same case.

Police said Mahesh (34), a resident of Nungambakkam, and Subashini (27) were remanded on Wednesday. The duo confessed to having uploaded fictitious materials against the name of Saroja (name changed), with her e-mail and social networking login.

Saroja (28) was married to Mahesh five years ago and the couple has a son. Police said Mahesh had developed contacts with many women and promised to marry them after divorcing Saroja.

Mahesh had assaulted Saroja a few months ago and she was confined inside a dark room in his house. Mahesh had reportedly told his friends that Saroja then working as a Lecturer at an engineering college was mentally ill. She later resigned from her job and started working as an assistant manager in a private company. She went to live with her parents, but later returned to live with Mahesh.

Saroja to her shock found while verifying her mails and social networking site recently that some one had hacked in to her profile and mentioned her as a call girl following which she immediately filed a complaint with the city police commissioner's office. Her complaint was forwarded to the cyber crime wing who found that her husband Mahesh was behind it.

The arrested duo was remanded in judicial custody and police have registered a case under Section 4 (1) of Tamil Nadu Women Harassment Prevention Act.