Mumbai, Feb 27 (PTI) A 30-year-old man from the western suburb of Andheri allegedly misplaced greater than Rs 3 lakh to unidentified individuals who claimed to have posted nude movies of him on social media, police mentioned on Monday.
The incident got here to gentle after the cash-strapped sufferer approached the police on Saturday, an official mentioned.
The sufferer, who works in a non-public agency, claimed that he acquired a video name from an unidentified quantity on WhatsApp on the evening of February 22, he mentioned.
On receiving the decision, the complainant noticed a unadorned girl, whose face was not seen, and he disconnected the decision, the official mentioned, including that the person acquired three extra calls on the identical evening.
The subsequent day, the sufferer acquired a name from one other quantity and the caller claimed {that a} nude video of him was accessible on YouTube and he must pay Rs 31,500 to take away it, he mentioned.
Accordingly, the sufferer paid the caller via a web based transaction. He quickly acquired two extra calls, throughout which the caller demanded Rs 62,500 to delete two extra movies, the official mentioned.
After making the fee, the sufferer was once more harassed with a requirement of Rs 1.51 lakh, which he borrowed from a buddy. When the calls did not cease even after shelling out Rs 3.06 lakh, the person approached the police, he mentioned.
An offence below part 420 (dishonest) and different related provisions of the Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act has been registered and additional probe is underway, the official added.
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