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2 Brothers Who Were Members Of Sextortion Gang Arrested: Delhi Police

The arrests were made following a complaint by a person who alleged that the accused had extorted Rs 12,42,850 from him, police said.

2 Brothers Who Were Members Of Sextortion Gang Arrested: Delhi Police

The brothers, with other group members, duped over 100 people, police said(Representational)

New Delhi:

Two brothers, allegedly members of a ‘sextortion' gang, were arrested from Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, police in Delhi said on Saturday.

The arrests were made following a complaint by a person who alleged that the accused had extorted Rs 12,42,850 from him, they said.

Police had earlier arrested three members of the gang, but Ahmad Khan and Aamir Khan were missing.

They were caughr Thursday from Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Amit Goel said.

Both are brothers and members of an sextortion gang which has duped over 100 people, he said.

The accused used to target people through social media with fake profiles of women and sending them ‘friend requests' to potential targets.

After some time, they would ask the person to come on a video call and would ask them to perform some private acts, which they then would secretly record, police said.

They would then leverage the video to extort money from these people, they added.

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