Blackmailed over 'nude' video, Pune man ends life after being extorted repeatedly

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A 22-year-old man allegedly killed self after being blackmailed over an objectionable video, a Pune police official said on Monday.

The man had hanged himself in his house in Dhanakwadi area recently and a probe revealed a fraudster had threatened to upload a nude video of his and had also extorted money, the official said.

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"The victim was conversing with this fraudster, who had posed as woman. He made a video and then sought money from the victim. He was forced to send Rs 4,500 though a payment app on several occasions," the Sahakarnagar police station official said.

A case under Indian Penal Code and Information Technology Act provisions has been registered against an unknown person and efforts were on to nab him, he added.

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