A shocking case of sexual harassment and blackmailing has come to light in the name of online friendship from Guwahati. Assam CID has arrested a 26 -year -old youth from Dewas in Madhya Pradesh. It is alleged that he first made a minor girl from Guwahati a victim of her lust, then started blackmailing her on a video call. At present, the police is questioning the accused.
According to a police officer, the accused came in contact with the girl on Instagram in the year 2021. The conversation went ahead and both became good friends. In March 2022, the accused came to Guwahati. Meanwhile, he sexually assaulted the girl and made her pictures-videos. Through these, he started blackmailing the girl and forced her to come on video call.
On the refusal of the victim girl, the accused threatened that he would send her pictures and videos to her friends and parents. This blackmailing put the victim’s life in panic. Police investigation revealed that in 2024, the accused once again came to Guwahati and tried to meet the girl, but this time he refused to meet her.
After this, the accused continued to disturb him by creating a fake social media account. Fed up with his antics, the victim told her father everything. On 6 August 2025, the girl’s father lodged a complaint at the CID’s cyber police station. On the basis of the complaint, a case was registered against the accused under the relevant sections of BNS and Poxo Act.
During the investigation, the location of the accused was traced. On August 13, the CID team reached Dewas and arrested him. After the arrest, the accused denied his age to mislead the police. He even presented fake documents to prove himself a minor. But the CID obtained the real age certificate from his school.
The CID team is bringing the accused to Guwahati on transit remand. He will soon be produced in a special poxo court. This case raises serious questions about not only online friendship but also through social media. Such cases are constantly coming up, where people are becoming victims of blackmailing after online friendship.
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