One held for blackmailing woman in C'nawabganj

Members of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in a drive arrested a man allegedly for blackmailing a woman from Sadar upazila of  Chapainawabganj on Sunday afternoon.

The arrested was identified as Md. Shahjahan Ali, 45, resident of Morapagla Fatapara under Sundarpur union of the upazila.

According to the sources, the arrested person, during his remaining in abroad two years ago, made affairs with a married woman through social media andtook obscene video. When it was disclosed to her husband, their conjugal relation broke, RAB sources said.

Later, the accused demanded money from the victim by threatening to circulate the video on social media and realised Taka 1.5 lakh from the victim woman
and also compelled her to make physical relation, the sources said, adding: "After rejecting the offer of reconciliation of the victim's family as she remarried two months ago, Shahjahan spread the video on social media using a fake ID." reports BSS.

RAB sources said acting on a tip-off, an operation team of the RAB-5 from Chapainawabganj camp conducted a raid in Morapagla area at around 5 pm and arrested Shahjahan.

Later, the elite force handed over him to Chapainawabganj Sadar Police Station and a case was filed with the police station against him.

SA