India News | Rajasthan: Man Held for Blackmailing Shiv Sena MLA

Jaipur, Nov 22 (PTI) A man has been arrested in Rajasthan's Bharatpur district for allegedly posing as a girl to blackmail a Shiv Sena MLA from Maharashtra, according to an official.

Bharatpur SP Devendra Vishnoi said the accused, Mausamdeen Mev, a resident of Teski village, had made a video call to MLA Mangesh Kudalkar, seeking help.

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The accused made an objectionable video of the MLA by showing him an obscene video clip and started blackmailing him.

The MLA gave a complaint to police in Mumbai, following which the accused was traced to Bharatpur. A team of the Sikari police station in Bharatpur held the accused in his village and handed him over to the Mumbai police on Monday.

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