Written by Pathi Venkata Thadhagath
Bengaluru police arrested a 37-year-old man on Tuesday for allegedly blackmailing a Kannada actress, reported The Hindu. The accused allegedly instructed the actress he would leak her personal images and movies.
In accordance with the report, the accused – Mahentesh Basavaraju – used to work as a make-up artist. He allegedly accessed – with out consent – personal footage and movies from the actress’ cell phone.
The actress then began receiving threatening messages from the accused asking her to pay him ₹30 lakh. She was instructed the images and movies can be launched on the web if she didn’t pay. The actress initially ignored the messages however Mahentesh despatched her a pattern of the personal images and movies to show he had them.
He even set a deadline to pay the demanded quantity.
After steady harassment from the accused, the actress filed a police grievance based mostly on her WhatsApp chats. Bengaluru Police’s cybercrime unit tracked the quantity and arrested the accused, who’s a resident of the town’s Bhuvaneshwari Nagar.
The report additionally stated that the cellular had been seized and it was despatched to the forensic science laboratory to seek out out whether or not he had dedicated comparable crimes earlier than.