Aishbagh police has booked a Mumbai based man for sexually assaulting, extorting money and circulating obscene photographs for exploiting a 28-year-old married woman.
Police said the accused identified as Arman Shaikh of Mumbai sexually assaulted the victim who used to live with her parents in Talaiya.
The victim became acquainted over facebook and later started to talk over mobile phone after the phone numbers were exchanged.
The accused came to the city in September last year and stayed in a hotel which lies in Aishbagh area where he called victim and sexually assaulted her and took obscene photographs of the victim. He returned to Mumbai after the act.
After around two months the accused demanded Rs 50000 after their relationship turned sour and threatened her to circulate photographs over social media.
The victim refused to pay the money after which the accused shared obscene photographs of the victim with her brother-in-law and also with some others.
After which the victim lodged a complaint with the police.
The victim got married in the year 2015 and returned to her parents in the year 2016 after having dispute with her husband and later developed relationship with the accused.
Police have registered a case under sections 376,384 of the IPC and 67 of the IT Act and have started further investigation. The accused is yet to be arrested.
The victim has a kid from the first marriage. Police suspect that the accused is involved in blackmailing and extorting money from women victims and have targeted other women also which would be investigated.