In the last few years, I got to read about Sextortion racket in India, now and then. In this neo sextortion, the victims are men. If I have to break down the modus operandi of how this racket functions then it follows these stages, befriend a man on social media through fake accounts, lure them, sex chat, ask for nudes or have video sex, take screenshots or record their session, after few days or at the worst, after few hours, blackmail those gullible men to pay some stated amount or threaten to leak those pictures or videos online.
These victims range from college students to married men. Some men are brave enough to file an FIR under the subject of blackmailing or extortion, no matter what the outcome may be. But some men, whose reputations are at stake refrain from taking up procedures established by law, and instead end up paying the sextortion amount.
I don't want to be direct in my judgement. But Nagaland too is not immune from the menace of sextortion. I respect those brave men who were victims of this criminal activity but came forward with legal complaints against those predators.
I want to end this post by saying, we live in a world where the internet related crime is increasing. That is why, our state like any other state of this country needs a robust Cyber Cell to enhance cyber security and trace the criminals behind all those cybercrimes. Get the IP address of these bastards!
