Hyderabad, Oct. 19 -- Saidabad police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly creating fake social media profiles in women's names, trapping people in sexually explicit conversations and extorting money by threatening to circulate their private photographs and videos, police said on Monday.
The accused allegedly extorted and cheated victims to the tune of Rs 25.16 lakh, with more than 1,000 people reportedly contacted through the fake accounts, police said in a release.
The accused, Kondabhattula Pavan Kumar, a resident of Kukatpally in Hyderabad and a native of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, was arrested in connection with Crime registered at Saidabad police station under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and...