India, Jan. 24 -- A 58-year-old man from Gurugram was allegedly extorted of Rs.6.3 crore over nearly four years by unidentified suspects who posed as a foreign airline air hostess and her family members, including a Meghalaya police officer, police said on Friday.

Police said the victim is a resident of Palm Springs in Sector 53, he runs a consulting firm and is a former director and chief marketing officer of a private insurance company.

A senior police officer said that the extortion and blackmailing continued between May 2021 and July 2025.

"The woman first contacted the victim on Facebook in 2020 and later shifted the conversation to WhatsApp. After months of chatting, she sent him objectionable photographs, which are suspected to ...