Jhalawar (Rajasthan):A man died by suicide due to alleged extortion and blackmail from a girl who threatened to upload his obscene video online in Rajasthan's Jhalrapatan. Prior to ending his life, the man called up his wife in the village and told her about his ordeal. After he disconnected the call, his wife tried to contact him several times but the calls went unanswered.
Next morning, the family learnt that the man had committed suicide in his rented room in Jhalrapatan. Jhalrapatan police station in-charge Ramesh Meena said the incident took place in Sainath Colony. "The man committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of his room. His body has been sent for post-mortem," Meena said.
The deceased is a resident of Bareda village in Sarola police station area. He worked as a barber at a kiosk in the Growth Centre in Sainath Colony.
His brother lodged a complaint in this regard at Jhalrapatan police station. In his complaint, his brother said that a girl made an obscene video of the victim while chatting with him on an online platform. Later she along with her friends started blackmailing him for money, he said. They threatened to make his video viral if he did not deposit the money they demanded, he added.