MUMBAI: The Central Cyber Police registered a case of sextortion against an unidentified individual for extorting Rs 94.5 lakh from a Wadala-based doctor after he befriended a scammer posing as a female MBBS student at a medical college in Chandigarh. The 32-year-old doctor was deceived after encountering the scammer on Instagram under the handle “jaindivit” on Feb 6. He transferred the money through 42 separate transactions between April and July. A cyber police officer stated that the scammer gained the doctor’s trust during their conversations and claimed to be depressed from being alone while her parents remained in Delhi. “The team is gathering information through internet protocol to track the person who blackmailed the doctor by threatening to make his nude video viral if he does not pay Rs 2.5 crore in Bitcoin,” the officer said.In the complaint, the doctor said: “The blackmailing began after I shared my nude photo with the person whom I befriended thinking she was a girl. I became inclined towards the person who engaged in sex chat. I became suspicious when I noticed that the money I transferred went to the account of one Jasmeen Kaur and not the person who was in touch with him.” his prompted the doctor to review his Instagram friend list and file a complaint after registering it on the cyber helpline number 1930.
