India, Feb. 28 -- The police on Tuesday arrested a man who allegedly blackmailed his ex-colleague by threatening to leak her private videos and coercing her to have sex with him. The woman filed a complaint in her native town, Jalgaon, and the case was later transferred to Bhiwandi , where the incidents occurred.

The 22-year-old woman met the accused, Aftab Kalamuddin, 24, at her workplace in 2020 and worked with him in Bhiwandi for about three years. According to her statement, they were friends and not romantically involved. They became physically intimate on one occasion, but she refused to pursue a relationship.

Kongaon police said the woman claimed that she was unaware of Kalamuddin recording her videos, which he used for a year to...