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Gurgaon: Three people were arrested on Monday for allegedly blackmailing a 15-year-old girl and extorting Rs 80 lakh from her.
The girl was forced to transfer the amount from her grandmother’s account after the accused threatened to post her private photos on social media.
Having discovered the depleted funds in the bank account, the family members resisted the girl and found out about the extortionists.
The girl studies in a private school, and her father works in Delhi. In her statement to the police, the girl’s 75-year-old grandmother claimed that her bank account had Rs 80 lakh in early 2024. “The money came from the sale of land. I am illiterate and my granddaughter manages my online banking account when needed. We recently realized that the amount in my bank account is very low. When I confronted my granddaughter, she said that Some people blackmailed her to spread her obscene pictures online and forced her to transfer Rs 80 lakh from my bank account to their accounts,” – she claimed.
Based on the complaint, the police registered a case on Saturday under sections 12 (punishment for sexual harassment) and 17 (punishment for abetment) of the POCSO Act, 79 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 308 (5) (extortion by introduction in the person of fear of death or grievous bodily harm) and 351 (3) (criminal intimidation) of Art. BNS on December 21 in sector-10 of the police station.
. After analyzing the girl’s phone calls and bank transactions from the account, the cops nabbed Kushal (22), a private worker from Hayatpur; Sumit Kataria, 20, a college student from Hayatpur, and their friend Sumit Tanwar, 20, unemployed from Mahendragarh, on December 22 from Hayatpur. This trio was brought to court, and they are currently being interrogated in a pre-trial detention center.
During interrogation, the accused admitted that they came to know about the fact that the girl was managing her grandmother’s account with Rs 80 lakh, in February 2024, they came to know through the brother of a classmate. “The accused was acquainted with a teenager who is the brother of the girl’s classmate. The girl told her friend about the money in her grandmother’s account. The accused received the girl’s photos through the friend and edited them to blackmail her for money,” said a police representative.
Fearing that her obscene photos would be spread on the Internet, the girl listened to the demands of the accused and in February 2024 began transferring money to the bank accounts of the accused. “Since the funds in the bank account have almost disappeared, she has not been able to send money recently. Recently, one of the accused entered her class to directly threaten her to transfer the money. The teacher noticed the girl in trouble and found out about the extortion from her. She informed the girl’s family, who checked bank account and applied to us.
Now the police are trying to collect the demanded amount from the suspect, and also identify other persons involved in the crime.
Gurgaon: Three people were arrested on Monday for allegedly blackmailing a 15-year-old girl and extorting Rs 80 lakh from her.
The girl was forced to transfer the amount from her grandmother’s account after the accused threatened to post her private photos on social media.
Having discovered the depleted funds in the bank account, the family members resisted the girl and found out about the extortionists.
The girl studies in a private school, and her father works in Delhi. In her statement to the police, the girl’s 75-year-old grandmother claimed that her bank account had Rs 80 lakh in early 2024. “The money came from the sale of land. I am illiterate and my granddaughter manages my online banking account when needed. We recently realized that the amount in my bank account is very low. When I confronted my granddaughter, she said that Some people blackmailed her to spread her obscene pictures online and forced her to transfer Rs 80 lakh from my bank account to their accounts,” – she claimed.
Based on the complaint, the police registered a case on Saturday under sections 12 (punishment for sexual harassment) and 17 (punishment for abetment) of the POCSO Act, 79 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 308 (5) (extortion by introduction in the person of fear of death or grievous bodily harm) and 351 (3) (criminal intimidation) of Art. BNS on December 21 in sector-10 of the police station.
. After analyzing the girl’s phone calls and bank transactions from the account, the cops nabbed Kushal (22), a private worker from Hayatpur; Sumit Kataria, 20, a college student from Hayatpur, and their friend Sumit Tanwar, 20, unemployed from Mahendragarh, on December 22 from Hayatpur. This trio was brought to court, and they are currently being interrogated in a pre-trial detention center.
During interrogation, the accused admitted that they came to know about the fact that the girl was managing her grandmother’s account with Rs 80 lakh, in February 2024, they came to know through the brother of a classmate. “The accused was acquainted with a teenager who is the brother of the girl’s classmate. The girl told her friend about the money in her grandmother’s account. The accused received the girl’s photos through the friend and edited them to blackmail her for money,” said a police representative.
Fearing that her obscene photos would be spread on the Internet, the girl listened to the demands of the accused and in February 2024 began transferring money to the bank accounts of the accused. “Since the funds in the bank account have almost disappeared, she has not been able to send money recently. Recently, one of the accused entered her class to directly threaten her to transfer the money. The teacher noticed the girl in trouble and found out about the extortion from her. She informed the girl’s family, who checked bank account and applied to us.
Now the police are trying to collect the demanded amount from the suspect, and also identify other persons involved in the crime.