Mumbai-based businessman blackmailed with morphed video, photos; case lodged

A 32-year-old businessman has filed a police complaint accusing unknown fraudsters of morphing his photographs and creating a fake video of him being in a compromising position with a woman.

Following this, the police filed a case of blackmail and extortion in the first week of June.

The complainant is a resident of Nepean Sea Road in Mumbai’s Malabar Hill. He holds directorship at several companies, including construction, real estate and motor vehicles.

In his complaint, the man has alleged that he received a message from an unidentified account on Instagram promising sexual favours on May 19. “Within minutes, I received a video call from that account.