Kendrapara (Odisha), June 17

A 24-year-old man was arrested in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on Thursday for allegedly blackmailing a woman and uploading her nude photographs on social media, police said.

The accused had attempted to extort the woman and later uploaded the photographs of their intimate moments on a social media platform, an officer said.

He has been booked under several sections of the Indian Penal Code and IT Act, Talchua marine police station Inspector Srikant Kumar Barik said. PTI