India, Sept. 6 -- A 35-year-old woman was arrested in Faridabad for allegedly extorting money from a 47-year-old businessman by threatening to leak his private photographs on social media, police said on Saturday.

According to Yashpal Yadav, public relations officer of Faridabad police, the woman lives on rent with her family since five years in a property owned by the businessman in Old Faridabad. "Over the time, the woman and the man developed a relationship and she allegedly recorded private videos and photos of the man," Yadav said.

The victim, in his complaint, allegedly said that the woman started threatening him to pay money or she will upload his photos on social media and also share them with his wife. "She also stopped paying ...