Crime

Man Held For Extorting Money From Girls, Threatening: Delhi Police

Mumbai: In another shocking, a 21-year-old man was arrested for allegedly extorting money from a girl by threatening to make her nude videos viral on social media, police said on Tuesday.

The suspect was arrested from Nehtaur in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district after the 13-year-old girl’s father complained at the Alipur police station in Delhi, police said.

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He demanded Rs 5,000 from the girl who then paid him Rs 2,000 via online transaction, but kept threatening her to pay the remaining amount, police said.

The police recovered a mobile phone used in the crime from the accused. Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Outer North District, Delhi, said the accused, Md. Aamir was learning work at a Saloon, Nehtaur, used to make friendship on Instagram with unknown girls.

“He (Aamir) represents himself from a very good family. Thereafter, he lures girls to send their naked videos. He himself saves the naked video of girls on his mobile. After that, he starts threatening and extorting money from innocent girls on the pretext that he would viral their nude video on social media,” Singh said.

Meanwhile, Based on the complaint, a case under section 387 (extortion) of the Indian Penal Code and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was registered, said Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police.

(With ANI Inputs)

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