The retired state government employee had to part with his life-long savings of Rs 88 lakh after the accused threatened to make the video viral on social media.
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The Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Commissionerate police busted a sextortion racket by arresting five accused who had blackmailed a 72-year-old retired government employee by recording a nude video.
The retired state government employee had to part with his life-long savings of Rs 88 lakh after the accused threatened to make the video viral on social media.
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The accused were arrested from Jajpur and Bhubaneswar after a simultaneous raid conducted on a tip-off.
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Using deceptive tactics of blackmail and extortion, the accused repeatedly coerced the victim into transferring and paying substantial sums of money.
As a result of continuous threats and fraudulent acts, the accused persons succeeded in extorting an aggregate amount of Rs 88 lakh from the victim.
The prime accused, Saroj Jena, developed intimacy with the victim through Facebook and later met him personally at Cuttack. To gain the victim’s confidence, Saroj Jena initially borrowed money and repaid it within the stipulated time.
Thereafter, the accused persons repeatedly demanded money from the victim on false pretexts.
When the victim refused further payment, the accused hatched a plan to extort money by recording a nude video of the victim and blackmailing him.
The accused persons received money directly from the victim through NEFT transactions.
The accused persons were later remanded in judicial custody under Sections 318(4)/319(2) BNS/66 (C)/66 (D) of the Information Technology Act, the police added.
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