Agra, Jan. 28 -- Two men were arrested from Maharashtra for blackmailing a man in Hathras allegedly through morphed photos and videos using AI, forcing the man to commit suicide in October, 2025. A case has been registered for abetement to suicide beside provisions of the IT Act.

Chiranjeev Nath Sinha, superintendent of police, Hathras, said that on October 24, 2024, a man residing in Hathras received a call that his 18-year-old son had taken money and was not paying it back. The man cross-checked the information with his son who denied all this and told his father that he would report the matter to Cyber Police Station in Hathras.

"On October 9, 2025, the son committed suicide and on checking mobile of the deceased son, the man found m...