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Delhi Police Busts Sextortion Gang That Extorted ₹14 Lakh From Elderly Man
- •The North District Cyber Police of Delhi Police arrested four accused for running an organized sextortion racket.
- •The gang targeted a 79-year-old Manjit Singh, who serves at a Gurudwara, duping him of Rs 14.63 lakh.
- •Fraudsters used pre-recorded obscene video calls and posed as police and YouTube representatives to blackmail victims.
- •Police recovered mobile phones and SIM cards, revealing transactions of over one crore rupees across multiple states.
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The gang played a pre-recorded obscene video on another mobile phone during a call to create a false illusion that it was a real video call. After recording the call, they extorted money by threatening to circulate the video and initiate police action.
The gang targeted a 79-year-old man named Manjit Singh, who serves at a Gurudwara, and duped him of Rs 14.63 lakh. Overall, the syndicate targeted multiple individuals, leading to detected debit-credit transactions of over one crore rupees across suspicious accounts.
The North District Cyber Police arrested four accused individuals, identifying Imran Khan as a key member responsible for arranging fake SIM cards, mobile phones, and bank accounts. Police also recovered three mobile phones and six SIM cards from the possession of the accused.
