India, Oct. 22 -- A Chennai-based YouTuber has been arrested for allegedly extorting and threatening a 27-year-old social media influencer who was later found dead at his residence, police said on Thursday.

The influencer, who hailed from Puducherry and had more than 1.4 million followers, was found dead at his rented home in Chennai on October 20. Police are investigating the death as a suspected suicide.

The accused, Jason Samuel Vijayakumar, 30, allegedly posted defamatory videos targeting the influencer and threatened him in an attempt to extort money, a police official said.

The accused also allegedly got the influencer's social media accounts blocked by Meta, the official said.

According to the police, the influencer was facing ...