Noida (Uttar
Pradesh), October 25: A case of rape and later blackmailing has come to light from
Delhi NCR. Sagar Singh, the accused, befriended a girl from Gurugram through
facebook, trapped the girl in his web of love and later called her to meet him
in a hotel in Noida. In the hotel room, he raped the girl, made an obscene
video and took some lewd photos. Threatening to make these viral on social
media he blackmailed the girl demanding Rs 7 lakh.
Based on the
complaint filed by the victim, the police have registered a case and has arrested
the accused on Saturday. Investigations have started and Noida Police seems to
be determined to put an end to the serial rapist and blackmailer behind bars
for a long duration.
The incident
happened in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida. According to the police officer on the case,
the victim girl, a resident of Gurugram, who works in a private company some
time back befriended a young man named Sagar Singh on Facebook. Later, they started
regular conversations. On the pretext of marriage, the accused then trapped the
girl in his web of love.
The victim
alleges that on October 21, the accused called the girl to meet him at a hotel
in Noida Sector 121, where he raped her. He also made an obscene video and also
took some explicit photographs. The accused then threatened to make these
viral. Due to the blackmailing, the victim transferred Rs 7 lakh to the
accused's account. Fearing slander, the girl initially did not tell anything to
anyone, but when the accused started repeatedly threatening on making the
videos and pictures viral on social media, the victim lodged a complaint against
the accused.
Based on the
complaint by the victim, Noida police registered a case against the accused for
cheating, fabricated identity, rape, extortion, and threatening to kill her. The
accused has been identified as Sagar Singh, a resident of Vijaynagar,
Ghaziabad.
According to
police, the accused has many personas on social media under different names.
The accused implicates girls on social media, later he makes pornographic
videos and photos, blackmails them and makes money out of it.