Parmesh S Jain
The North east cyber crime police have arrested a 40-year-old unemployed man from Rajajinagar who befriended a woman on matrimonial site and blackmailed her with the private pics before escaping with Rs 50,000.
The accused identified as Vijay Kumar S,was unemployed used to claim that to be journalist , film artiste and IT employee depending upon the situation and lure women on kannada matrimonial sites and befriended them by his charm.
Senior officer told media persons,The accused would then meet the victims few times before proposed to marry them.
The accused would then gain their confidence and take private pictures and blackmail them to extort money.
Using a similar modus operandi the accused blackmailed and extorted Rs 50,000 from a private firm employee .
When he started harassing her for money money, the victim approached the police and filed a complaint.
Based on the complaint the police track down the accused and arrested him.The police are now probing further to ascertain his criminal background he added.
