The South-East Division cyber crime police recently arrested a 26-year-old hotel employee in Chennai on the charge of blackmailing a former female colleague with private videos demanding sexual favours.
The accused has been identified as Amar Hussain Faisal, a native of Darrang district in Assam. He used to work in a hotel in Bengaluru, but now worked in Chennai.
According to the police, the accused, while working in Bengaluru, had a relationship with his colleague for six months and broke up with her before returning to Assam. The accused then came to Chennai and started a job there, and then began to blackmail the victim with private videos demanding sexual favours.