Jaipur, Feb 14 (PTI) Two men were arrested for allegedly blackmailing BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Thakur on the basis of a fake and obscene video they created during a WhatsApp call, police said on Monday.

Raveen Khan and Waris Khan, the accused, contacted the Bhopal MP through a WhatsApp video call and they created a fake video by playing an obscene clip during the call, Bharatpur superintendent of police Shyam Singh said.

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They demanded money from the MP and threatened her of leaking the video if she refused to pay. Thakur had on February 7 lodged a complaint in Bhopal against unidentified persons.

The Madhya Pradesh Police traced the accused to Bharatpur in Rajasthan and informed their counterparts in the neighouring state. A sub-inspector from the Madhya Pradesh crime branch arrived at Bharatpur and the accused were nabbed from their village Chanda Ka Bas under Sikri police station limits, the SP said.

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The accused were handed over to the police in Bhopal on Monday.

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