Blackmailer caught

He forcibly made obscene videos of the victim to blackmail him

RAWALPINDI: Police have arrested a blackmailer who forcibly made an obscene video of a boy to extort money from him. According to Wah Cantt police, Jaffar Shah threatened the grade VII student of making the video viral on social media. The victim disclosed his suffering, when his parents caught him stealing money from his house to pay the extortion to Shah. The family informed the police about the whole incident and they took action against Shah. Police said the victim was going through severe depression due to the suspect’s consistent threats. He also fell unconscious in his school a number of times. SP Potohar Syed Ali said that the suspect had been arrested while the police were conducting raids to arrest his companions.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 22^nd, 2019.