Pune: A caregiver from Kolhapur was arrested by the Alankar police on Friday on the charge of attempting to extort Rs5 lakh from a Pune-based lawyer by threatening to share personal videos of his bedridden father on social media.
The lawyer's father lives in Kolhapur and is unwell. The lawyer had appointed the suspect, Suraj Pawar (32) of Jainapur in Kolhapur district, to look after his father.
"Pawar took offensive videos of the complainant's father while giving him a bath. He then shared the clips with the complainant and his wife through a mobile messenger app," inspector Surekha Chavan of the Alankar police told TOI.
Chavan said Pawar told the complainant he would share the video clips with his relatives and post them on social media as well. "Pawar demanded Rs5 lakh to not go ahead with his threat," she said.
The officer said that Pawar was repeatedly calling and blackmailing the lawyer and his wife since Nov 17. "The lawyer approached us on Thursday and lodged a complaint after he got frustrated with the harassment."
She said the police registered the case under sections 308 (extortion) and 351 (criminal intimidation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and relevant sections of the Information and Technology Act. "We have arrested Pawar. Our investigations are on," she added.
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Read MoreMihir Tanksale is a senior correspondent at The Times of India, Pune, and covers crime news. He is a post-graduate in Journalism and Communication from Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication and has been with the media since 1999. He loves Sufi music, enjoys long drives and reads books in Marathi.
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