Bhubaneswar: In a surprising case reported, police arrested a 29-year-old man on Saturday at the fee of blackmailing his sister-in-law after he threatened to add her nude images on a social media platform. The incident came about in Odisha’s Kendrapara district.
According to the news organization PTI, the accused was identified as Litu Mallick, a resident of Raghudeipur village. Reportedly, he blackmailed his sister-in-law, elderly, around 25 years to make her private pics public.
Meanwhile, the issue became mild after the victim filed a legitimate grievance on March 7. The Inspector of Derabish Police Station, Umakant Nayak, advised the organization that the accused was blackmailing the female, and he threatened her with dire consequences for seeking sexual favors.
However, the accused has been arrested on the idea of the girl’s grievance. Meanwhile, during the police interrogation, the accused confessed the crime to the police. However, the accused became booked beneath the Indian Penal Code’s applicable sections and relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
In a comparable case from Hyderabad, a 19-12 months-vintage boy was accused of stripping and filming a 17-year-old lady in a remote vicinity close to DBR Mills at Lower Bank Bund. The lady filed a reputable complaint with the police when the case came to light. The accused waswas forced to delete the video from his smartphone, but it had already gone viral on social media. The police research within the case is underway.