A 22-year-old man allegedly died by suicide after being blackmailed over an objectionable video, a Pune police official said on Monday.
The man was found dead in his house in Dhanakwadi area recently and a probe revealed a fraudster had threatened to upload a nude video of his and had also extorted money, the official said.
"The victim was conversing with this fraudster, who had posed as woman. He made a video and then sought money from the victim. He was forced to send Rs 4,500 though a payment app on several occasions," the Sahakarnagar police station official said.
A case under Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act provisions has been registered against an unknown person and efforts were on to arrest him, he added.
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