30-year-old man blackmails minor girl and women via morphed Instagram images leading to arrest
Summary
A 30-year-old man, S Mujib Ali, was arrested by Puducherry Cyber Crime Police for allegedly blackmailing a minor girl and other women using morphed photographs. He befriended victims on Instagram, coerced them into making nude video calls, and threatened to share the recordings or morphed images online. In one incident, a minor girl from Puducherry was targeted after accepting a friend request from an unknown account, and she was threatened after rejecting the man’s advances. The girl informed her parents, who filed a complaint, leading to a case registered under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code, Pocso Act, and Information Technology Act. Mujib Ali was arrested at a location in Cuddalore after contacting the victim again and threatening to circulate her morphed images. During interrogation, he admitted to using over 10 fake Instagram accounts and five Facebook profiles to target multiple women since 2020, with his phone containing explicit material of over 15 victims.
Incident Details
Harms involving the exploitation, abuse, or endangerment of minors, including CSAM and grooming.
Child sexual abuse material — the creation, distribution, or possession of such content.
Online contact by adults seeking to build trust with minors for exploitation.
Sources
1This incident is documented by a single source. Source count reflects coverage in our monitored feeds, not the totality of reporting, and we do not evaluate publication quality.