India, May 7 -- A 20-year-old woman was allegedly blackmailed and threatened with circulation of her private photos by a cyber fraudster, who demanded Rs.22.5 lakh in cryptocurrency after the accused allegedly hacked into her boyfriend's Telegram account to access the files.

The accused reportedly reached out to the woman on Sunday through Instagram and Snapchat, sending her intimate photos and videos she had earlier shared with her boyfriend. The victim was shocked to find her personal content in the possession of a stranger and approached the police to lodge a complaint.

The complainant, a Tamil Nadu native staying with her aunt in Bhayander for studies, said that she had grown close to her boyfriend during a trip to Rajasthan and had...