Live-in-partner demands Rs. 5cr from woman, threatens to upload nudes
A 34-year-old Chandigarh woman was being harassed by her live-in partner for days now. The 24-year-old man demanded Rs. 5 crore from the woman failing which he threatened to upload her nude pictures on the Internet. The man Manish Linghwal, a Uttarakhand native, was arrested by UT police's cyber cell. Linghwal clicked the obscene pictures when the woman lived with him for few months.
The woman returned to Chandigarh from the UK, a year ago. Her marriage fell apart and she was stressed when Manish approached her through Facebook. They chatted often and later the woman came to Delhi to live with Manish. She worked at a hotel in the National Capital and eventually the two developed an intimate relationship, Inspector Jasminder Singh of cyber cell said.
Linghwal, who was unemployed, started demanding money from the woman. When she expressed interest to visit Chandigarh, he brutally thrashed her. He punched and kicked her and she had injuries on one eye. The woman somehow managed to escape his clutches. Then, Langhiwal started making extortion calls to her and demanded money. He even sent pictures to her family members.
On the woman's complaint, the police booked Linghwal under IPC Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 384 (extortion) and 511 (attempting to commit offenses punishable with life imprisonment or other imprisonments). IPC Section 354D for attempting to contact a woman even after she refused was also slapped. Section 67 of Information Technology Act was also revoked. The complaint was registered at Sector 19 police station.
The police recovered a laptop and mobile from Manish Linghwal. They also found some obscene videos and pictures of the victim from his gadgets and are attempting to recover all images he has. A court sent him to two-day remand.
