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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Technology
Anil Tiwari, Devendra Pratap Singh Shekhawat

‘Suicidal thoughts strike every day’: India’s sextortion scourge

Online sextortion is a growing problem in India [File: Kacper Pempel/Reuters]

Bikaner and Sidhi, India – Shyam, a truck driver in northern India’s city of Prayagraj, had not had sex with his pregnant wife for six months when he saw an advertisement on the Telegram messaging app promising to make his fantasies come true.

Shyam, 44, was impressed by the ad’s formal tone and eagerly followed a link to a pink-themed website, where he was asked to pay a registration fee of 4,000 Indian rupees ($48.28).

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