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An extortion ailment has landed a elder national from Maharashtra's Nashik successful the crockery aft a probe into his blackmailers uncovered 121 obscene videos, starring to his apprehension for intersexual exploitation aft 1 of his victims came forward, accusing him of abuse, constabulary said connected Saturday (April 4, 2026).
The constabulary had earlier arrested 4 men for allegedly stealing a tablet from the elder citizen's bureau successful the Satpur country and attempting to extort ₹12 lakh from him by threatening to leak his backstage photographs and videos connected societal media.
The constabulary had seized 4 mobile phones, 2 pen drives and a representation paper from the men, and connected checking these devices, recovered 121 obscene and objectionable video clips of women and friends of the complainant, Ravindra Ganpat Erande, the authoritative said.
In a twist to the tale, 1 of the victims lodged a ailment against Erande, alleging that helium had sexually assaulted her connected aggregate occasions astatine assorted hotels with a committedness of providing a authorities occupation to her son, helium said.
Following the complaint, Erande was arrested connected Friday nether sections 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means etc) and different applicable provisions of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), Information Technology Act and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, the authoritative said.
A probe has revealed that Erande sexually exploited respective women and changeable obscene videos of them.
The constabulary person appealed to women to travel guardant with their complaints against Erande, assuring them that their identities volition beryllium kept confidential.
Erande had approached the Satpur constabulary earlier this week with a ailment astir his tablet being stolen from his office, stating that helium had already paid the blackmailers ₹10,000 and was to manus implicit ₹50,000 connected Thursday evening.
Based connected the inputs, the constabulary laid a trap and apprehended Akash Pundlik Bakre, Prakash Ramdas Panpatil, Suraj Sunil Gawai and Shreepat Bhimrao Shinde successful transportation with the blackmail and extortion bid.
