Nagpur: The 26-year-old computer technician, Shubham Teltumbde, was arrested by Cyber cells and was handed over to Police Wadi last week after his role as a squeeze was deep.
He demanded Rs 10 lakh from relatives, threatening terrible consequences by disguising themselves as Ethiopian gangsters.
The police said Teltumde had watched YouTube to learn the trick to hide someone’s number and replace it with the international one while making a call or send a message to someone.
He has downloaded the application to execute plans.
Police said Teltumde, a resident of Kaushalya Nagar, planned to squeeze a large number of KIN who worked for multinational companies with a decent payment package.
Teltumde, using the application, start sending messages that threaten relatively from a number of Ethiopia.
He had sent a message to hurt him and his family if Rs 10 Lakh was not sent to the designated place on October 27.
After the wadi police referred to a complaint to cyber cells, it was handled by Asst Pi Keshav Wagh who immediately told Nodal Whatsapp officers.
After receiving information from WhatsApp and cellphone service providers, Wagh and his team have focused on Teltumde.
The man was arrested because of an offer to squeeze Rs 10 lakh from Kin
