The Delhi Police have cracked open a cyber-extortion racket involving obscene video calls and digital blackmail, arresting two suspects — including the alleged mastermind Shyam Singh.
The case surfaced after Ankit Kumar Kain, a Shahdara resident, filed a complaint on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP). He reported being blackmailed after a nude video call with a woman named Nandini, whom he met on the dating app QuakQuak. Shortly after their WhatsApp interaction, Nandini initiated an obscene video call and covertly recorded Kain’s face. She then demanded money, threatening to leak the clip online.
Under pressure, Kain transferred Rs35,000 to a Bandhan Bank account. When the blackmail continued, he approached authorities. Police traced the funds to an account under the name Mangal Singh, but found it was being operated by Shyam Singh, a resident of Rajasthan.
Investigators found that Shyam Singh had opened the account using Mangal’s identity and offered him Rs10,000 in return. Mangal received Rs6,000 online from another accused, Harjeet Singh alias Sonu, and Rs4,000 in cash from Shyam. Both Mangal and Shyam were arrested. Shyam had also handed over the account’s ATM card and SIM to a still-absconding co-conspirator named Aamir.
Delhi Police recovered four mobile phones used in the scam and continue their probe, suspecting a wider network of digital extortionists operating under similar schemes.
