GH Thippareddy, a senior BJP lawmaker from Karnataka, filed a police complaint on Monday regarding a possible attempt by unidentified person to trap him in a sex video.
In his complaint to the cybercrime police, the MLA from central Karnataka’s Chitradurga region claimed that on October 31, he received a Whatsapp video call in which an unidentified woman appeared naked.
Thippareddy allegedly received explicit films from the same number via WhatsApp later on. According to the video, Thippareddy’s face could be seen on the WhatsApp video screen. For the electronic transfer of pornographic content, the Chitradurga Cybercrime Police filed a charge under Section 67 A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
Since the BJP government took office in Karnataka in 2019, Thippareddy has been vying for a position in the cabinet. He was an outspoken supporter of the powerful Chitradurga Muruga Mutt’s chief pontiff, who was detained in September on charges of allegedly sexually assaulting students at a Mutt-run dorm.
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In recent years, organised gangs have been involved in numerous cases of internet blackmail and “sextortion,” some of which have resulted in suicides, according to Karnataka.
An MBA student committed suicide in March 2021 after becoming the target of a “sextortion” attempt by a Rajasthani man.
In March 2021, the Karnataka Police’s cybercrime unit apprehended a group that had been stalking a 54-year-old businessman from the Nelamangala neighbourhood in rural Bengaluru.
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