The Versova police arrested a man from Vishakhapatnam on Tuesday for allegedly hacking the social media accounts of a former beauty pageant finalist to extort Rs 1 lakh from her. The accused identified as Chandraprakash Joshi was interrogated in Vishakhapatnam and then brought back to Mumbai.

The complainant Arisha Jain who was Miss India 2011 finalist told the police that she received an email on November 15 informing that her Instagram account would be deleted within 24 hours and to click on a link in the mail if she does not want it to be deactivated.