The Kerala police have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly sexually exploiting over 50 women he had befriended on social media by blackmailing them with their morphed obscene photos. Pradeesh Kumar from Areeparambu near Ettumanoor was arrested on Friday on the basis of a complaint by a woman.
He targeted women on various social media platforms and took their phone numbers. After establishing contact, mostly homemakers, and understanding their family issues, he used to create fake profiles posing as a female and got in touch with the husbands of his potential targets. The accused used to take screenshots of the chats their husbands had with the fake accounts and forwarded it to their wives to convince them about their spouse’s “illicit relationships.
After being ensured that the women had started distancing themselves from their husbands, the accused grew very close to the victims and then invited them for video chats. He then allegedly blackmailed the women with their morphed obscene pictures and sexually exploiting them, police said. He had reportedly developed code languages to ensure that the women themselves were chatting with him on various social media platforms.
If the women refused to comply with his orders, the accused threatened to send their morphed obscene photographs to their husbands, police said.
Following his arrest, morphed obscene photos of many women have been recovered from the accused’s laptop, they said.
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