Mumbai: Man held for blackmailing 16-year-old girl

MUMBAI: Bhandup police have arrested a 25-year-old youth for extorting Rs 25,000 from a 16-year-old girl after blackmailing her with her objectionable pictures.

The accused was produced before special Pocso court, which remanded him to police custody. According to the police, he befriended her on instagram.

He called her to his home, and took pictures of her in compromising positions to threaten her fir money.