Cyber Bureau Arrests Two for Online Character Assassination and Blackmail

Kathmandu. The Cyber Bureau has arrested one Nepali and one foreign national involved in character assassination and blackmailing of women by misusing social media. The Bureau has arrested them from Kathmandu in connection with two separate incidents and initiated legal proceedings. In the first incident, an Indian national involved in blackmailing a victim woman by misusing her obscene videos and pictures, pressuring her for undue benefits, has been arrested. After the perpetrator's demands were not met, he was involved in character assassination by uploading the obscene videos and pictures on the social media TikTok. The Bureau's team arrested 26-year-old Jawarul Haque, a resident of Guwahati Madanpur, Assam, India, involved in this act. He was arrested on Asar 26 from Kathmandu Metropolitan City Ward No. 27. An investigation is underway with a five-day remand extended by the Kathmandu District Court under the Electronic Transactions Act, 2063. Similarly, in the second incident, another Nepali national, who became friends with a woman while studying and was in a romantic relationship, has been arrested for character assassination after the relationship ended. After the relationship ended, the perpetrator repeatedly posted obscene content through the woman's Facebook ID with the intention of character assassination, causing her distress and mental stress. The Bureau's team arrested 24-year-old Saroj Karki, a permanent resident of Champadevi Rural Municipality Ward No. 6, Okhaldhunga district, currently residing in Kathmandu, involved in this act, from Kathmandu on Asar 26. Karki is also being investigated with a five-day remand extended by the Kathmandu District Court under the Electronic Transactions Act, 2063, informed Cyber Bureau Spokesperson and Information Officer, Police Superintendent Dilip Kumar Giri.