India, Oct. 6 -- The Delhi Police has arrested a 26-year-old man from Haryana for allegedly running a sextortion racket.
The accused allegedly forced a person to transfer to him '39,000 by threatening to upload a video of him online.
According to police, on June 5, the complainant received a video call from an unknown woman. The call was immediately disconnected. "Shortly after, the victim received a call from a mobile number where the caller, posing as a cyber police officer, said that an explicit video of him would be uploaded to social media," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outernorth) Hareshwar Swami said.
The officer said the caller then connected him to another person, who claimed to be an employee of a social media platform, and d...