HYDERABAD: A 19-year-old was arrested for blackmailing girls, mostly minors, by befriending them on social media via fake profiles, getting them to share nude photos and then extorting them.
The accused, Palakurthi Ajay, a student, was nabbed from his hostel in Dilsukhnagar after cyber crime cops tracked him down using the IP address and the account in which money was deposited. Ajay is a native of Warangal, cops said. He was picked up on a police complaint from a minor who informed her family when Ajay pressured her to pay Rs 6,000 more after having already extorted Rs 3,000.
“He approached girls using fake Instagram accounts in different names. Once his friend request was accepted, he would get them to share photos and then extort money,” a cyber crime cop said.
