Avinash Gupta has been booked under several sections of the I-T Act.
Kolkata:
An IT professional in Kolkata has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing a US citizen by using her intimate pictures, police said on Tuesday.
Avinash Gupta, an engineer in a renowned IT company, was arrested by the Cyber Crime section of Kolkata Police from his Mukundnagar home for sending "intimate" photographs of his and the complainant woman's to her husband through email and then trying to "blackmail" her, a senior officer said.
Mr Gupta, in his mid-thirties, and the complainant were known to each other and they developed a relationship when the woman visited the city last October, he said.
Mr Gupta, as per the complaint, allegedly started mailing some intimate photographs to her husband after their relationship deteriorated, the officer said.
The lady lodged a complaint a couple of months back and Mr Gupta was arrested on Sunday following the probe into the matter, he said, adding Gupta has been booked under several sections of the I-T Act.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Avinash Gupta, an engineer in a renowned IT company, was arrested by the Cyber Crime section of Kolkata Police from his Mukundnagar home for sending "intimate" photographs of his and the complainant woman's to her husband through email and then trying to "blackmail" her, a senior officer said.
Mr Gupta, in his mid-thirties, and the complainant were known to each other and they developed a relationship when the woman visited the city last October, he said.
Mr Gupta, as per the complaint, allegedly started mailing some intimate photographs to her husband after their relationship deteriorated, the officer said.
The lady lodged a complaint a couple of months back and Mr Gupta was arrested on Sunday following the probe into the matter, he said, adding Gupta has been booked under several sections of the I-T Act.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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