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Two youth arrested for sextortion of young girl via video call

Mumbai Oct 17 (UNI) Police arrested two youths for allegedly blackmailing an 18-year-old girl after recording her obscene video during a video call and also extorting money and threatening her to make the video viral, officials said today.
According to the details victim, a college girl resident of neighbouring Palghar district, received a friend request on Instagram in August 2025 from a man claiming to be from Delhi and currently doing business in London. The two began chatting on WhatsApp soon after. On the night of September 6, 2025, the accused allegedly coerced the girl into undressing during a video call and recorded the act.
The next day, he called her again, this time posing as a police officer from the central agency and threatening to leak the video online unless she paid Rs 18,000.
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