Nashik man arrested after extortion probe reveals 121 obscene videos

An extortion complaint has landed a senior citizen from Maharashtras Nashik in the soup after a probe into his blackmailers uncovered 121 obscene videos leading to his arrest for sexual exploitation after one of his victims came forward accusing him of abuse police said on Saturday reported news agency PTIThe police had earlier arrested four men for allegedly stealing a tablet from the senior citizens office in the Satpur area and attempting to extort Rs 12 lakh from him by threatening to leak his private photographs and videos on social mediaThe police had seized four mobile phones two pen drives and a memory card from the men and on checking these devices found 121 obscene and objectionable video clips of women and friends of the complainant Ravindra Ganpat Erande the official said reported PTIIn a twist to the tale one of the victims lodged a complaint against Erande alleging that he had sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions at various hotels with a promise of providing a government job to her son he saidFollowing the complaint Erande was arrested on Friday under sections 69 sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita BNS Information Technology Act and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Prevention of Atrocities Act 1989 the official said reported PTIA probe has revealed that Erande allegedly sexually exploited several women and shot obscene videos of them reported PTIThe police have appealed to women to come forward with their complaints against Erande assuring them that their identities will be kept confidentialErande had approached the Satpur police earlier this week with a complaint about his tablet being stolen from his office stating that he had already paid the blackmailers Rs 10000 and was to hand over Rs 50000 on Thursday eveningBased on the inputs the police laid a trap and apprehended Akash Pundlik Bakre Prakash Ramdas Panpatil Suraj Sunil Gawai and Shreepat Bhimrao Shinde in connection with the blackmail and extortion bid reported PTIBeed man duped of Rs 2342 lakh in digital arrest fraud three heldIn another case three persons including a woman have been arrested for allegedly duping a man of Rs 2342 lakh by threatening him with digital arrest in Maharashtras Beed district police said on Friday reported PTIThe police recently arrested the accused Prasann Ajay Kasat 31 his wife Swati 26 and their aide Sanket Deepak Beldar 22 from Jalgaon in connection with the fraud an official said reported PTIAccording to the police the trio allegedly posed as police officials and threatened to place the victim Suryakant Munde a resident of Parli Vaijnath under digital arrest to extort money from him reported PTIInvestigations revealed that the fraudsters duped the victim of Rs 2342 lakh and diverted the money to their bank accounts they saidThe police traced the accused based on technical analysis seized Rs 3 lakh cash from them and froze their bank accounts the official said adding that further investigation is underway to identify other members of their gang involved in the racketWith inputs from PTI