<p>Bengaluru based 19-year-old con artiste who was blackmailing netizens by posing as a woman was arrested by Urva police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Acting on a tip-off, Urva police Aditya alias Ashwini alias Aradhya of Subedarpalya in Yeshwantapur and his accomplice Arun H S (27) of Ramanagara district near Columbia hospital on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is said that the modus operandi involved Aditya posing as Ashwini or Aradhya on Facebook and then befriending netizens and coercing them into sharing their pictures.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Using these pictures, Aditya used to blackmail his victims. Urva police informed that one such victim, a resident of Urva police station limits, had reportedly paid Rs 65,000 to Aditya in Yeshwantapura.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, Aditya posing as a police officer and then as a politician continued to harass the complainant demanding more money. The complainant who was frustrated with this ended up filing a complaint with Urva police.</p>
<p>Bengaluru based 19-year-old con artiste who was blackmailing netizens by posing as a woman was arrested by Urva police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Acting on a tip-off, Urva police Aditya alias Ashwini alias Aradhya of Subedarpalya in Yeshwantapur and his accomplice Arun H S (27) of Ramanagara district near Columbia hospital on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is said that the modus operandi involved Aditya posing as Ashwini or Aradhya on Facebook and then befriending netizens and coercing them into sharing their pictures.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Using these pictures, Aditya used to blackmail his victims. Urva police informed that one such victim, a resident of Urva police station limits, had reportedly paid Rs 65,000 to Aditya in Yeshwantapura.</p>.<p class="bodytext">However, Aditya posing as a police officer and then as a politician continued to harass the complainant demanding more money. The complainant who was frustrated with this ended up filing a complaint with Urva police.</p>