India, Sept. 10 -- A 48-year-old man from Santacruz was arrested on Sunday for allegedly blackmailing a woman using her obscene pictures to rape and extort her. They met in March 2024, when he promised her a job and over time, they got into an affair. When she wanted to part ways with him, he started to blackmail her, the police said.

According to the police, the victim was a 32-year-old woman from Rajkot in Gujarat, where she lived with her husband. She was on the lookout for a job when she met the accused, Applon Fernandes, in March 2024. Fernandes came across her biodata on an online job-securing platform and befriended her, promising her a job. Thereafter, they stayed in touch and over time, they started dating.

The woman, in her co...