Goa MLA extorted after Odisha residents ‘morphs his face into explicit video’

In a statement, the crime branch said the complainant told police that in December last year, the accused, a resident of Odisha, contacted the MLA on his phone via a video call and, without his knowledge, recorded a video.

According to the police, the accused then allegedly morphed the MLA’s face into a sexually explicit and obscene video and sent it on his phone to extort money from him. Police said the MLA was acquainted with the accused person.

“The complainant, under the above threat, transferred Rs 55,000 to the bank account of the accused person. The accused demanded Rs 5 crore from the complainant to extort more, failing which the accused threatened that he would share the morphed video on a social media platform, thereby ruining the complainant’s reputation,” the police said in a statement.

“The accused person has been arrested and is in police custody. The accused revealed that so far, he had extorted a total of Rs 5 lakh. Further investigation is underway,” said a police officer.

When contacted, the MLA, whom the police have not named, declined to comment on the development.

Police have lodged an FIR against the accused under IPC section 384 (extortion) and sections of the IT Act.

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