A Girgaum-based businessman has approached the DB Marg police and complained that two of his neighbours allegedly sent him nude photographs of his fiancée through courier and email to extort money from him. The FIR in the case was lodged on Friday.
He claimed that the accused had morphed his fiancée’s face on a picture of another nude woman and threatened to defame him and her if he did not pay them `50 lakh. The accused also threatened to harm the complainant’s Japan-based relative. The police then initiated a probe in the matter.
The complainant in the case is a resident of a plush tower located in the Girgaum area. “In his complaint to the police, he has stated that he recently received a courier at his house containing nude photographs of his fiancée. He also received the same pictures through an email and the sender threatened him to defame him and his fiancée by making the pictures public. For not doing so, the accused allegedly demanded `50 lakh from the complainant,” said an officer on condition of anonymity.
Shocked, the complainant approached the DB Marg police and lodged the offence with them on July 22. The police has seized the photographs and on Friday registered an offence under Section 292 (sale, etc., of obscene books, etc.), 506 (criminal intimidation), 385 (extortion) and 34 (common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and 66B (dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device) of the IT Act.
Senior inspector of DB Marg police, Ajit Surve confirmed the incident, but refused to divulge further details as the case is under investigation.
The investigators have also questioned the two suspects who the complainant has named as the accused, but they denied all the allegations against them. The police is now trying to trace the IP address of the computer using which the photos were sent on email. Investigators are also checking whether there was any previous dispute between the complainant and the suspects that could be the reason behind the offence.
“There is also the possibility that the accused might have created a new email account to send the photographs or hacked someone else’s email account,” said another officer.