The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested a person in an ongoing investigation of an extortion case.
The arrested accused have been identified as Rahul Kumar, a resident of Asola in the Fatehpur area of New Delhi. A case was registered by the International Operation Division of the CBI against a private person resident in New Delhi and others on certain allegations, including the extortion of a professor at a prominent university in the US, based on inputs received from the US.
A Facebook profile allegedly enticed the victim to extract sexually explicit images during video chat in order to blackmail her.
It was alleged that during video chat, the victim was lured to send sexually explicit videos, which were recorded. It was further alleged that the said private person took control of the situation and started sending extortionist threats to the victim using the email accounts related to the said sexually explicit video chat, demanding money in his PayPal account and other valuables, failing which he threatened the victim to release the sexually explicit video.