A 27-year-old painter was arrested from Haryana by Kolkata Police for allegedly blackmailing a woman by opening their fake Facebook profiles. AdvertisingThey were interrogating the accused, Mahender Kumar of Fatehabad, to know if more people were involved in the racket, said a police officer. According to a complaint filed with the cyber police by one of the victims, Kumar created her fake Facebook profile, uploaded obscene pictures and blackmailed her. After tracing the IP address of Kumar, a team of Kolkata Police went to Haryana and arrested him on Saturday. He used to to impersonate himself as Happy Singh alias Kamal Singh, said a second officer.

Source: Indian Express July 21, 2019 22:18 UTC