Noida man booked for sexually harassing, extorting money from ex-employer
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A man has been booked for allegedly blackmailing and trying to extort money from his former employer in Noida. The accused had been posting objectionable content on social media about the firm and demanded money to remove them.
Police have booked a 30-year-old man for allegedly blackmailing and trying to extort money from his former employee in Noida. The man allegedly posted objectionable content about the firm on various social media platforms and harassed its senior officials by demanding money to remove them.
The suspect had a grudge after he was sacked by the company last year and had been posting defamatory content about the private education technology company. He has been identified as Arun Kumar Choudhary, a resident of sector 51.
The matter came to light when the chief financial officer (CFO) of a private company filed a police complaint against the suspect for extortion and sexual harassment, reported the Hindustan Times (HT).
Swagata Rai, the CFO of the firm, located in Sector 63, told the police that the performance of the accused was not up to the mark due to which he was relieved from the job on March 26, 2021. The company cleared all his dues, she said.
In her complaint, Rai stated that Arun started posting objectionable content on various social media platforms about the firm to tarnish the image of the employees and the organisation.
According to the CFO, when the man was asked to remove libellous content, he refused to budge. Even the management of the company and some of its representatives tried to sort out the matter with him but he did not listen, the complaint read.
Rai was quoted by HT as saying, "The suspect demanded Rs 50 lakh as down payment and then Rs 2 lakh per month in order to stop commenting against the company." (sic)
