Visakhapatnam Cybercrime Police have arrested a 49-year-old woman from Seethammadhara for allegedly attempting to extort money from a 26-year-old woman by threatening to circulate her private photographs, videos and audio files on social media.

Police identified the accused as Chandana Geetha Prasanna. According to the police, she allegedly operated with her husband Sivanarayana and associates Naresh, Uday and Ramana Murthy in a scheme involving threats to circulate personal photographs and videos unless money was paid.

The case was registered following a complaint from the victim. Cybercrime police booked the accused under provisions relating to extortion, criminal intimidation and criminal defamation, along with relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.

Police arrested Geetha Prasanna and produced her before a court on Saturday, following which she was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days. Police said she had also been named as an accused in eight earlier cases registered at different police stations in Visakhapatnam city.

 

The investigation is continuing to establish the alleged role of the other people named by police in the case.