Kolkata, Jan 13 (PTI) A Bangladeshi national wasarrested for allegedly blackmailing a city-based woman byuploading their intimate photographs taken when they were in arelationship, which broke a couple of months ago, police saidtoday.
The Bangladeshi, who hails from Khulna district, wasarrested from the vicinity of Central metro station in thecity last night on the basis of the complaint by the woman,Kolkata Police Joint CP (Crime) Visal Garg said.
"Naba Kumar Debnath had introduced himself as AbhijitDebnath to the lady during their first meeting at Machlandapurrailway station. Soon they developed a relationship and grewquite intimate," Garg said.
However, their relationship deteriorated when thecomplainant came to know that the accused was married with afamily in Bangladesh.
"The accused was quite angry when the lady startedavoiding him and he started uploading some intimate pictureshe had taken with the lady during their relationship. He alsouploaded nude photographs of the lady on a social networkingaccount under the profile of Abhijit Debnath and startedcirculating those photographs through WhatsApp to thewoman's relatives and friends," he said.
A team of Kolkata Police's cyber section worked on theprofile of the person and found that Naba Kumar had recentlycome to the city from Bangladesh following which thearrest was made last night, Garg said.
One mobile phone, two SIM cards and one micro-SD cardhave been seized from the man's possession, he said.
The accused was produced before a city court and wasremanded to police custody till January 19. PTI SCH KKKK.
This is unedited, unformatted feed from the Press Trust of India wire.