Delhi Police arrests UP man for trying to extort money from woman by using her morphed pictures

NEW DELHI: A 23-year-old man who allegedly tried to extort money from a woman in Delhi by threatening to post her morphed obscene pictures and videos on social media was arrested, police said on Thursday.
The accused has been identified as Vishal Kumar, a resident of Loni in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, they said.
The victim alleged that a person started sending morphed obscene pictures and videos of her and demanded Rs 20,000 while threatening that he would post those pictures on social media, PTI quoted deputy commissioner of police (Shahdara) Rohit Meena as saying.
During interrogation, Kumar revealed that he saw the woman on social media and started liking her, however, he created a fake profile using the pictures of the victim and started threatening her, police said.
Kumar was previously involved in four cases in Uttar Pradesh, two cases of Arms Act, one of robbery and another of Excise Act.
With PTI input