Man blackmails lady with faux IG account, held

By Express News Service

JAJPUR: A 28-year-old man was arrested from Bhubaneswar by the Bari Ramchandrapur police for allegedly making a faux Instagram account and blackmailing a girl so as to extort cash. The accused recognized as Susanta Behera of Jantuali village, Bhadrak district works in a non-public firm in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

The sufferer (26), filed a criticism with the Bari Ramchandrapur police stating that Behera had despatched her a buddy request on Instagram disguised as a girl. As the request got here from a girl, she felt no hurt in including the sender as a buddy. Later, he began sending her vulgar messages asking for her non-public photos in return. When she refused, he started blackmailing her with these messages.

While the investigations had been on, police traced Behera’s location as Bhubaneswar. Without additional ado, they proceeded to Bhubaneswar and caught maintain of Behera close to the town railway station on Friday.“The accused had created a fake Instagram handle in the name and display picture of a woman to give an impression of a female account. After befriending the victim he sent vulgar messages and later blackmailed her when she refused his demands,” mentioned a police official.

The accused was arrested beneath related sections of IPC and IT Acts. He was forwarded to the native court docket and later remanded to judicial custody after his bail plea was rejected, police mentioned.

JAJPUR: A 28-year-old man was arrested from Bhubaneswar by the Bari Ramchandrapur police for allegedly making a faux Instagram account and blackmailing a girl so as to extort cash. The accused recognized as Susanta Behera of Jantuali village, Bhadrak district works in a non-public firm in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.

The sufferer (26), filed a criticism with the Bari Ramchandrapur police stating that Behera had despatched her a buddy request on Instagram disguised as a girl. As the request got here from a girl, she felt no hurt in including the sender as a buddy. Later, he began sending her vulgar messages asking for her non-public photos in return. When she refused, he started blackmailing her with these messages.

While the investigations had been on, police traced Behera’s location as Bhubaneswar. Without additional ado, they proceeded to Bhubaneswar and caught maintain of Behera close to the town railway station on Friday.“The accused had created a fake Instagram handle in the name and display picture of a woman to give an impression of a female account. After befriending the victim he sent vulgar messages and later blackmailed her when she refused his demands,” mentioned a police official.

The accused was arrested beneath related sections of IPC and IT Acts. He was forwarded to the native court docket and later remanded to judicial custody after his bail plea was rejected, police mentioned.