Thomas (Special correspondent)
The cyber crime police of CCB on Saturday arrested 22 year old son of a city based astrologer for allegedly blackmailing son of minister of cooperation with obscene video clip.
Rahul Bhat is son of well known astrologer chandrashekhar Swamiji residing in RT Nagar.
Nishanth in his complaint stated that bhat had contacted the PA of his father blackmailed with the fake video and threatened to upload it on social media
There was a deep rooted conspiracy to scuttle my political growth and tarnish the image of my father,Nishanth said in his complaint.
The police are now trying to ascertain the conspiracy behind and possible involvement of others.
Senior officer said,Minister,Somashekar’s son,Nishanth, had filed a complaint with the cyber police on December 27 stating that his father’s personal secretary, Bhanu Prakash, received extortion calls from unknown persons.
The callers demanded ransom and threatened to release an alleged sex video of Nishanth if their demand was not met.
Based on a complaint filed by Nishanth somashekhar, the cyber crime police track down the person identified as Rahul Bhat based on the mobile number he used to blackmail and taken him into custody for five days on Saturday.
Meanwhile another accused involved in this blackmailing has been arrested in Goa says senior officer and investigation is on.
