Jilted lover, lands in jail for blackmailing girl

A girl, being blackmailed by her former boyfriend, got him arrested by reporting to the police that he was blackmailing her.

According to the compliant, Anshul Srivastava, her former boyfriend, was blackmailing her that he would post her photographs on social media. Initially, the girl in question, fell in the trap, as he started posting her photographs on social media. In order to stop him from doing so, she ended up paying Srivastava Rs 7 lakh. But Srivastava continued to blackmail her, leading to her decision to go to the police.

She then approached the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal with a complaint. Acting on her complaint, the Cyber Police of South-West Delhi, investigated the matter and tracked him. He was found in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh and arrested. The accused is a computer science graduate from a recognised university and is employed by a multinational company.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South West) Manoj C said that the victim had filed a complaint on October 12 regarding the harassment through e-mail and other social media platforms. It also alleged that the accused started sending photos to her friends and relatives. Not only this, he extorted money for deleting the photos.

A police team under leadership of Inspector AK Singh through technical surveillance nabbed the accused from his hometown. During interrogation, the accused disclosed that he had proposed to the victim once, to which she refused. To avenge the rejection, he started harassing her.