India, July 28 -- An online friendship over Snapchat spiralled into a four-month nightmare for a 21-year-old Goregaon college student, who allegedly was "sextorted" and forced to pay Rs.9.3 lakh in 55 instalments after a woman and her male accomplice threatened circulate an obscene video of the victim on social media. The Bangur Nagar police have booked the duo for extortion and offences under the Information Technology Act.

The student, who lives in the Bangur Nagar area of Goregaon, approached the police on Sunday after the duo allegedly continued to blackmail him and demand more money even after he had transferred lakhs of rupees to them.

According to the police, the student met the woman, who identified herself as Aahana, on Snapcha...