The two had a sexual relationship which deteriorated.
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An IT professional in Kolkata has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing a US citizen by sending intimate pictures of the duo to her husband.
Avinash Gupta, an engineer in an IT company, was arrested by the Cyber Crime section of Kolkata Police from his Mukundnagar home for sending “intimate” photographs of his and the complainant to her husband through email and then trying to “blackmail” her, a senior officer said, reported The Times of India.
Gupta, in his mid-thirties, and the complainant were known to each other and they developed a relationship when the woman visited Kolkata last October, he said.
Gupta allegedly started e-mailing some intimate photographs to her husband after their relationship deteriorated, the officer said, the report said.
The woman lodged a complaint a couple of months back and Gupta was arrested on Sunday following the probe into the matter, the officer said, adding Gupta has been booked under several sections of the I-T Act.