Sextortion Cases In India

A 26-year-old senior executive of a private bank, who is also the son of a police personnel, coughed up Rs 2.5 lakh after he was caught in sextortion, police said on Monday.

With the national capital witnessing a sharp increase in cybercrime cases over the years, the Delhi Police has identified top five methods adopted by cyber criminals and cautioned people against them.

In a case of sextortion, a 75-year-old resident of Delhi's Vasant Kunj was cheated of Rs 7.34 lakh by a group of cybercriminals, one of whom posed as former Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana.

The Pune police have arrested a 29-year-old man from Rajasthan in connection with the "sextortion" case of a teen from the city, who allegedly died by suicide after he was harassed and blackmailed by online fraudsters.

43-year-old man from Chinchpokli in Mumbai has lost Rs 7.5 lakh allegedly in a 'sextortion' racket in which he was threatened with an abetment to suicide case, a police official said on Friday.

The Bihar Police is said to have ordered a crackdown on SIM cards procured through fake documents amidst a spurt in online sexual blackmailing cases. The police have asked telecom companies to book customers with SIM cards issued on fake documents.

A 26-year-old senior executive of a private bank, who is also the son of a police personnel, coughed up Rs 2.5 lakh after he was caught in sextortion, police said on Monday.

With the national capital witnessing a sharp increase in cybercrime cases over the years, the Delhi Police has identified top five methods adopted by cyber criminals and cautioned people against them.

In a case of sextortion, a 75-year-old resident of Delhi's Vasant Kunj was cheated of Rs 7.34 lakh by a group of cybercriminals, one of whom posed as former Delhi Police commissioner Rakesh Asthana.

The Pune police have arrested a 29-year-old man from Rajasthan in connection with the "sextortion" case of a teen from the city, who allegedly died by suicide after he was harassed and blackmailed by online fraudsters.

43-year-old man from Chinchpokli in Mumbai has lost Rs 7.5 lakh allegedly in a 'sextortion' racket in which he was threatened with an abetment to suicide case, a police official said on Friday.

The Bihar Police is said to have ordered a crackdown on SIM cards procured through fake documents amidst a spurt in online sexual blackmailing cases. The police have asked telecom companies to book customers with SIM cards issued on fake documents.