New Delhi: A 20-year-old man was arrested by the Delhi Police on Thursday for allegedly extorting Rs 90,000 from a lady beneath the guise of retrieving her blocked social media account, information company PTI reported. The accused, Juned Beg, a Jamia Nagar resident, falsely reported her Instagram account as abusive and later promised to recuperate it in trade for cash, PTI quoted Delhi Police as saying. The lady had over eight lakh followers on her Instagram account.
“On March 29, a woman complained that her Instagram account with over eight lakh followers had been blocked, after which one Sam texted her on WhatsApp saying he could unblock her account,” stated M Harsha Vardhan, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka).
“The accused initially charged her Rs 10,000 and later demanded more money, threatening to delete her account, after which she transferred a total of Rs 80,000 to the various bank accounts provided by the fraudster, according to the officer,” DCP added.
A case was registered at Dwarka cyber cell police station and in the course of the investigation. A police workforce was in a position to monitor down the accused and recuperate a cell phone from his possession, information company IANS reported.
“During the investigation, the police traced the mobile number to Beg and arrested him from Zakir Nagar near Batla House,” PTI quoted DCP Vardhan as saying.
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The accused reportedly used to focus on Instagram accounts with a lot of followers and search for content material that had abusive language. He would then report the account to Instagram and strategy the account holder with the promise of unblocking the account for a sum of cash.
The police have urged Instagram customers to train warning and report any suspicious exercise on their accounts instantly. They have additionally assured the general public that they are going to proceed to watch such circumstances and take strict motion towards these concerned in on-line extortion.
Social Media Extortion Cases On Rise
A 23-year-old man was arrested for allegedly attempting to extort cash from a lady right here by threatening to submit her morphed obscene photos and movies on social media, police stated on Thursday. The accused has been recognized as Vishal Kumar, a resident of Loni in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, they stated.
The sufferer alleged that an individual began sending morphed obscene photos and movies of her and demanded Rs 20,000 whereas threatening that he would submit these photos on social media, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Rohit Meena stated
During interrogation, Kumar revealed that he noticed the girl on social media and began liking her, nonetheless, he created a pretend profile utilizing the images of the sufferer and began threatening her, police stated. Kumar was beforehand concerned in 4 circumstances in Uttar Pradesh, two circumstances of Arms Act, considered one of theft and one other of Excise Act.
