Key Highlights 25-year-old MBA student Vikas Agrawal is the son of a Mumbai businessman.

He threatens to post online girl's private pictures, which he had stolen from his friend's phone.

The girl turns the tables on Agrawal, reporting the blackmailing to the police.

THANE: A 25-year-old MBA student, the son of a Mumbai businessman, was arrested by the Rabodi police from BandraKurla Complex (BKC) on Wednesday for allegedly blackmailing his best friend's fiancee, threatening to post online her private pictures, which he had stolen from his friend's phone.

Vikas Agrawal had expected that the 23-year-old girl, a chartered accountant with a bank, would agree to his demand for Rs 5 lakh, which he needed to settle his debts. The girl, however, turned the tables on Agrawal, reporting the blackmailing to the police six days back. “The girl had received a sealed envelope in her office some days back with a pen drive in it. It contained her selfies, which she had clicked with her phone. She then got a call from a public phone, threatening to upload the pictures if she did not pay Rs 5 lakh," said deputy commissioner of police Abhishek Trimukhi.

The girl initially suspected that the pictures were acquired from a shop where she had given her phone for repairs. The police, however, checked with the employees and found they were not involved.

“We questioned the girl again as to why she had clicked such revealing pictures. She replied that they were meant for her fiancé, to whom she had forwarded the pictures. The needle of suspicion turned towards the boy or their close friends, who could be misusing the pictures," the police official added. Early this week, Agarwal instructed the girl to meet him in Kurla, to pay him the money, which after much persuasion, was reduced to Rs 3 lakh. Plainclothes policemen set a trap to nab the accused there.

“When she reached Kurla, she informed him that she was carrying only Rs 2.1 lakh, which angered him, and he did not turn up. The next day, we sent her to BKC with Rs 3 lakh, and he walked into our trap,“ added Trimukhi.

“Agrawal confessed to the crime, said he was a childhood friend of the victim's fiancé, and that he had acquired her photographs from his friend's mobile phone when they had gone on a trip to Thailand. He knew his friend's mobile password and had transferred the pictures to his phone. He said he needed the money to pay his debts of Rs 10-15 lakh," the IPS officer told TOI. “We suspect he is an addict and needed money to buy drugs,“ Trimukhi added.

