Delhi: Youth arrested for threatening to upload woman’s private photos, extorting Rs 2 lakh

According to the police, the woman met Sachdeva in October last year. He lied about his job and promised to marry her. Later, he extorted Rs 2 lakh from her by threatening to publicise her private photos and started demanding more money.

The woman, who works at an IT firm in Gurgaon, lodged a complaint with the Shahdara police

R Sathiyasundaram, DCP (Shahdara) said, “We found that Sachdeva was staying at Neb Sarai, but frequently changed his hideouts. Multiple raids were conducted and the accused was caught on Friday.”

During interrogation, the accused told the police that he was unemployed and started targeting women to earn money. He would promise to marry the women he met online and later extort money from them.

“We found that he has cheated at least five women of Rs 10-12 lakh. Some of them are from Ghaziabad, Bhopal and other cities. We are investigating the matter,” the police officer said.