Man pretending to be Armaan Malik blackmails 15 women, extorts money by using their nude pics!

On Wednesday i.e 29th May, the Coimbatore Rural Police arrested a 30-year-old man who was posing as Bollywood singer Arman Malik and extorted lakhs from several women by blackmailing them with their obscene photos.

The accused, identified as Mahendra Varman, a native of Ulundurpet in Villupuram District, had befriended several women on social media using a fake Facebook account by the singer's name. He managed to gain the trust of some women and had asked them to send their nude pictures to him via Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. 

He then threatened the women that he would share their nude pictures on social media if they fail to give him money in exchange. Reportedly, he had extorted lakhs of rupees from at least 15 women from various parts of Tamil Nadu and Coimbatore. The accused had been cheating women for almost a year and is fluent in languages like English, Hindi and Tamil.

"The accused created a fake Facebook profile of Armaan Malik by downloading the singer's pictures from his original Facebook and Twitter accounts. He sent friend requests to several women which many of them accepted. The accused gained the trust of some of them and made them share their nude pictures via Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp. He later used those pictures to blackmail them," an officer from the District Crime Branch (DCB) of the rural police was quoted as saying by The Hindu.

The DCB official further added, "The actual number of women cheated by the accused and the money he had defrauded from them are yet to be found out. He had received money through net banking and money transfer apps. A mobile phone and a tablet seized from the accused have been handed over to the court."

Based on a complaint from a woman here, the District Crime Branch police laid a trap and made him come to a certain place to receive the money. He was arrested while talking with the woman, police added.

After reading the news, singer Armaan Malik has expressed his shock over the incident and urged his fans on Twitter in a statement requesting them to not to believe anyone pretending to be him on social media.

This news came out to be a big shock for Armaan's fans too.

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