"Cop" Extorts Money From College Students Over "Sleazy" Pics, Probe On
NDTV
Over the past few days, several students of a women's college in Jabalpur received calls and messages from the impostor threatening police action.
A man claiming to be a policeman has targeted dozens of students of a women's college in Jabalpur, accusing them of uploading obscene photos and videos on social media, and extracting money from some of them, an official said on Friday.
Over the past four days, several students from Government Mankunwar Bai Women College in the Madhya Pradesh city have received calls and messages from the impostor threatening police action, Jabalpur Superintendent of Police Aditya Pratap Singh told reporters.
The caller, who identified himself as "police officer Vikram Goswami", told the women that they had uploaded obscene pictures and videos on social media for which they would be prosecuted if they did not cough up money, he said.
