NEW DELHI, Nov 10: The Madhya Pradesh police have arrested a man from Indore for alleged molestation, blackmail and extortion of a class 12 schoolgirl after befriending her on the social media.
The police said the main was held late on Thursday night from his house under the Annapurna police station area on a compliant from the girl’s father who was alerted by the victim’s cousin.
“The victim’s parents noticed cash and jewellery were going missing often from the home over the past two months. Last week, the Class XII student’s father saw a threatening message on her phone,” the police said.
“When asked about this message, the girl ducked the query. However, she later told her cousin the accused had taken her to a hotel and clicked obscene photographs and videos, which were being used to blackmail her,” he added. After the cousin alerted the victim’s father, he approached police, the official said.
“The victim has told us the accused befriended her on social media, and was blackmailing her, due to which she was stealing cash and jewellery from home. The accused has confessed he has taken ₹ 1.2 lakh from her. He is being probed to see if he has trapped other persons with this modus operandi,” the police said.
The man has been charged under Indian Penal Code sections 354 (criminal force to any woman, intending to outrage or knowing it to be likely that he will there by outrage her modesty), 385 (extortion) and 509 (threatening over phone), the official added.
(Manas Dasgupta)
