Maharashtra Shocker: Social media influencer dupes woman of lakh posing as royal from Rajasthan
Maharashtra Shocker: Social media influencer dupes woman of lakh posing as royal from Rajasthan
The Maharashtra Police arrested a social media influencer on November 26 on charges of duping a woman and extorting Rs 1.33 lakh from her. The accused was pretending to belong to a royal family in Rajasthan.
According to the police, Rajwir Singh used to extort money from the complainant by threatening to kill her and her eight-year-old daughter.
"A case has been booked against the influencer Rajwir Singh under section 386 (extortion), 354A, 506 II of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly extorting Rs 1,33,000 from her since April 2021," senior police officer of Goregaon Police Dattari Thope said.
The police arrested Singh from a private hotel in Goregaon.
Thope informed that a similar case of extortion has already been registered against Rajwir Singh in Juhu police station.
"A similar case has already been registered against this person at the Juhu police station under IPC section 376 after which he remained behind the bars for a year. Soon after his release, he again approached the complainant and blackmailed her," Thope said further.
More details in the case are awaited.