Mandsaur police have nabbed two members of inter-state gang from Rajasthan, who used to blackmail people by recording obscene videos after making friends posing as girls over WhatsApp; victims were trapped in the name of fake profile of girls, Additional SP Amit Verma while speaking with media person on Monday.
The police have found that the accused have collected Rs 2 lakh by blackmailing a city based businessman.
After the matter came to the notice of Mandsaur SP Siddhartha Chaudhary, taking the case seriously case was registered under section 420, 384 and 389 of the IPC and section 67 and 67 A under IT act by City Kotwali police station.
During the investigation police narrowed on two suspects in Rajasthan and a team left for Alwar and Bharatpur district of Rajasthan, the two were identified as Kushal Pal alias Ajay Radhe (30) of Jaarar (U.P.) and Anil Kumar(31) Pinhat Agra (U.P.) and two were staying in Bhiwadi district Alwar of Rajasthan.
Police have recovered 3 mobiles, 6 fake sims, 1 fake bank account kit and ID card and bank account information and ID cards of 200 labourers.
The work of providing fake bank accounts to get the amount from the victims was done by the accused and provide it to Mewat gang at hefty price.
The gang is related to the famous Mewat district of Haryana district. This gang befriends the victim through Facebook in the name of the girl and collects money by blackmailing them by video calling on WhatsApp.