MUMBAI: A Bollywood art director was recently arrested for trying to extort money from his ex-girlfriend’s husband by threatening to circulate objectionable video clips of her.
The woman also works in the film industry while her husband is a businessman.
The accused, Krishna K (25), was nabbed from Delhi by an Aarey police team on Friday. According to the police, the 39-year-old woman was estranged from her husband a few years ago. She was in a live-in relationship with the accused in Patna at the time. During the lockdown, she mended her relationship with her husband and moved to Mumbai to live with him after breaking up with the accused.
“To get back at the woman, the accused contacted her husband and shared intimate video clips of her. The videos had been shot while the two lived together in Patna. The accused then demanded Rs8 lakh from the husband if he wanted the videos to remain private,” said a police officer.
Her husband approached the Aarey police and a case was lodged under the IPC for voyeurism and extortion, and under the IT Act.
Police teams tracked down the accused’s location to Delhi and a team went to the national capital to nab him. He was brought to Mumbai and is presently in police custody.
