The victim, who owns a renewable energy business, allegedly received a call from a woman on August 8 of last year, who identified herself as Riya Sharma and stated that she lived in Morbi. Both of them soon got intimate on calls and video calls, with the girl then asking the victim to undress in front of the camera. However, as soon as the victim complied, the girl disconnected the video call and demanded an amount of Rs 50,000 from him, failing which she threatened to circulate his nude video online.

The victim then received yet another call on August 14. The caller identified himself as a cyber cell official for the Delhi Police. He demanded Rs. 80.97 lakhs, claiming the woman tried to kill herself. He even got a call from a fake CBI officer, who told the victim that the woman’s mother had approached the CBI and demanded Rs 8.5 lakh to settle the matter.

The victim received 11 such calls and made payment. Finally reported the matter to the police after losing Rs 2.69 Crores.