Man Arrested For Blackmailing Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA After Video Call: Police

Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Neeraj Dixit filed a complaint in Chhatarpur on May 22 alleging that an unidentified person made a video call on WhatsApp to him and performed obscene acts, and later tried to blackmail him with the clip.

The police have arrested a 19-year-old man from an inter-state cyber extortion gang in Rajasthan in connection with the case of blackmailing a Congress MLA in Madhya Pradesh, an official said. MLA Neeraj Dixit, who represents the Maharajpur seat in Chhatarpur, filed a police complaint in Chhatarpur on May 22 alleging that an unidentified person made a video call on WhatsApp to him and performed obscene acts, and later tried to blackmail him with the clip. Based on information received from the district police's cyber wing, a man, identified as Adil, was arrested from Nakcha Ka Vaas village under Sikri tehsil of Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, Chhatarpur's Superintendent of Police Sachin Sharma said today. Out of three mobile phones seized from the accused, one contained the objectionable video using which the accused had made the extortion attempt, he said.