Cyber stalker arrested for blackmail in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: A 26-year-old stalker who was allegedly blackmailing women, whom he befriended on social media, was arrested from Adoni in Andhra Pradesh. He reportedly posed as a girl, extracted their photos and phone numbers and later blackmailed them.
Hyderabad cyber crime police arrested Mohammed Ahmed, 26, a private employee from Adoni in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh. Recently, the cyber crime police received a complaint from a woman stating that she had been receiving WhatsApp calls from two unknown phone numbers for the past two months.
“The accused was asking the complainant for money, saying he obtained her private photographs from Instagram and the same will be deleted only after she pays him Rs 10,000. The accused also put up the complainant’s photo as his WhatsApp display picture,” assistant commissioner of police (ACP), cyber crime, KVM Prasad said.
Police registered a case and arrested the accused from Adoni. Police seized two cell phones from his possession.
Seven cases were registered at different police stations in the city for harassing women online this year so far.