Chandigarh resident blackmailed into paying ₹50,000

Chandigarh resident became friends with a woman he met on social media; she later started blackmailing him using a video and extorted ₹50,000 from him, said police

Fraudsters extorted ₹50,000 from a Sector-34 resident after blackmailing him with a video.

The victim alleged that a man, claiming to be a police official, also contacted him to help him get the video deleted, following which he lodged a complaint with Chandigarh Police. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The victim, Inder Mohan Jeet Singh, who works for an airline, told the police that he became friends with a woman through social media and they exchanged phone numbers. Eventually, she began calling him via WhatsApp and even used foul language once. Later, she started harassing him using a video and extorted ₹50,000 from him.

Singh said a man, claiming to be a police official, had also contacted him to help him get the video deleted, following which he lodged a police complaint.

Acting on his complaint, police have registered a case under Sections 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating) and 384 (extortion) of the Indian Penal Code. Efforts are on to trace the fraudsters.