Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
T
he Northeast cyber crime police on Tuesday arrested a 37-year-old makeup man for blackmailing a woman artiste in Kannada film industry with her private photos and videos .
The accused Mahantesh Basavaraju,from Bhuvaneshwari Nagar was arrested based on the complaint from the victim.
Senior officer told reporters,the accused used to work with the victim five years ago during that time the accused had accessed her private videos from her mobile phone.
The accused recently started sending messages to the victim using different phone number stating that he had her private photos and videos and demanded a ransom of Rs.30 lakh for making it public.
Initially the victim ignored for which the accused had sent a sample videos on her whatsapp and even set a deadline to pay the money.
Unable to bear harassment,the victim approached the the Northeast cyber crime police who track down the accused based on the number and arrested him.
The police have seized the mobile phone and sent it to the FSL for digital analysis to ascertain whether the accused had committed similar offences before.
Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,CH Pratap Reddy,has appreciated Addl CP East,A subramanyeshwara Rao,DCP Northeast, Dr.Anoop A Shetty,PI,Santhosh Ram,PSI,Ramangowda,ASI,Ramesh and their whole team for the exemplary and meticulous investigation done by them in nabbing the notorious Make-up-man turned blackmailer a suitable reward will be given to whole team he added.
