Couple arrested for blackmailing retired teacher with explicit videos in US Nagar | Dehradun News

RUDRAPUR: A couple from Udham Singh Nagar was arrested on Friday for allegedly extorting Rs 2.5 lakh from a man by threatening to release them explicit videos by him. Vaibhav Agarwal and his wife Babita alias Vidhi from Shiv Colony in Ward No. 17 of Khatima posed as journalists and invited the victim, Pandit Jagdish Chandra Joshi, a retired teacher, to their home on the pretext of performing a religious ceremony a.
In his complaint at Khatima police station, Joshi said the couple offered him milk laced with intoxicants, which caused him to lose consciousness. “They made an obscene video of me and have been blackmailing me ever since,” he said, adding that they took his money and an expensive phone after threatening to release the video.
Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Manikant Mishra said Vaibhav was named in a similar case last year which is still pending in the district and sessions court. An examination of the couple's phones revealed additional incriminating videos. “During questioning, they admitted to exploiting people under the guise of journalism and RTI activism. They are charged with extortion and extortion blackmailFurther investigation is underway,” Mishra said.