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Hyderabad Man Arrested for Alleged Honey-Trap Extortion of Rs 25.16 Lakh

Hyderabad, Oct 19 (UNI) Saidabad police have arrested a 23-year-old man for allegedly creating fake social media profiles in women's names, trapping people in sexually explicit conversations and extorting money by threatening to circulate their private photographs and videos, police said on Monday.
The accused allegedly extorted and cheated victims to the tune of Rs 25.16 lakh, with more than 1,000 people reportedly contacted through the fake accounts, police said in a release.
The accused, Kondabhattula Pavan Kumar, a resident of Kukatpally in Hyderabad and a native of Bhadradri Kothagudem district, was arrested in connection with Crime registered at Saidabad police station under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Information Technology Act.
According to the police, the accused allegedly created 13 fake Instagram accounts and 14 Facebook accounts using women's identities and photographs.
He would send friend requests to unsuspecting people, chat with them while posing as a woman and gradually initiate sexually explicit conversations.
He allegedly persuaded victims to share nude photographs and videos, which he stored on multiple mobile phones and social media accounts.
Police said the accused would subsequently contact the victims, posing as the woman's brother, and threaten to circulate their private images or have them implicated in a police complaint unless they paid money.
He allegedly used phone calls, WhatsApp and social media to intimidate victims and also met some of them in person.
The accused reportedly used photographs of a woman from Kolkata under the name "Chandana" for several fake profiles.
Police said they had alerted the woman through her workplace and the local police in Kolkata.
The present case was registered after the accused allegedly extorted Rs 4 lakh from a friend from his diploma course.
Investigators also found that he had allegedly cheated a software employee of approximately Rs 7 lakh by promising returns on an investment.
Police further stated that two other unidentified victims were allegedly extorted of Rs 6.8 lakh and Rs 7 lakh.
Further cases are likely to be registered as the investigation progresses.
The total amount allegedly obtained through extortion was estimated at Rs 18 lakh, while the amount involved in cheating was Rs 7.16 lakh, taking the total to Rs 25.16 lakh, police said.
Investigators found that 82 people had allegedly shared nude photographs or videos with the fake profiles.
The victims included doctors, businessmen, lecturers, private-sector employees, delivery personnel and gig workers.
Police identified 24 victims from other states, including Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Punjab, and nine victims from overseas locations, including Dubai, Turkey, Pakistan and Canada.
Police seized three mobile phones, a laptop and a pen drive.
Investigators also identified three bank accounts allegedly linked to the case.
The operation was conducted under the supervision of Charminar Zone Deputy Commissioner of Police Khare Kiran Prabhakar, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Md. Majeed and Saidabad Division Assistant Commissioner of Police Soma Venkat Reddy.
Saidabad Station House Officer B. Chandra Mohan was the investigating officer.
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