Google has issued a statement regarding sharing the user data and IP address of Krishnakumar Vaid (22), who posted vulgar content about Indian National Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The search engine major said that they complied with Indian Legal process and gave the information regarding the orkut.com user to police.

Google spokeswoman said in a statement that Google is committed to protect user privacy, but the company complies with local laws. As the information was required to trace the user for further investigation, Google helped the police to find the user from his IP. The accused user was using Bharti Airtel’s internet services.

Vaid was arrested by Pune police and has been charged under Section 67 of IT Act, 2000. The complaint was filed by a local Congress party activist Amol Bhokare who saw the content being posted in a user community “I hate Sonia Gandhi”.

Google operates orkut.com, a social networking website. The website has been very popular in India and Brazil.