Man held For Blackmailing a Woman on Social Media

Hyderabad: The city cybercrime police arrested a man who was blackmailing a woman on social media by morphing their nude pictures.

The accused, Manish Varma from Hussainialam, downloaded random pictures of women from their Instagram profiles (public view) and morphed them with nude pictures through a web application. He would extort money by threatening to post their morphed pictures on social media platforms and porn sites, police said.

The cybercrime cell received a call from a woman on November 21. She stated that her Instagram account was being misused and her pictures were being downloaded. She said that one Manish was threatening to forward her morphed pictures to her friends and family members. She was being mentally harassed by the accused, the victim said in her complaint, police said.

The cyber cell registered a case under section 67A IT ACT and U/Sec 345(D), 469, 506, 509 IPC.

The cyber team, led by inspector Palle Padma, detected the ID and server of Manish and arrested him on Thursday. He was produced before court and remanded to judicial custody.