Film director among four arrested for blackmailing

Bengaluru | Tuesday | 22nd May, 2018

Summary:

more-inIn a sting operation, the cyber crime wing of the Central Crime Branch arrested four persons, including a film director, while they were trying to extort ?5 crore from a businessman by blackmailing him about leaking video clips of his private moments with his wife. While transferring some pictures, he stumbled on video clips of the victim with his wife. He had requested the victim and his wife to produce the film, but they refused citing financial reasons. Santhosh then planned to extort money from the couple using the video clips. Investigations revealed that Santhosh, who worked as an associate director in Telugu and Kannada films, was preparing to direct a movie on his own..