Mahim Police has arrested a man for blackmailing his girlfriend. The 30-year-old had been asking for money and jewellery, and claimed he would make their private pictures public if she didn’t comply. The man had already taken 120 gm of gold, worth Rs 58.11 lakh, from the woman. When the victim complained about this to the police, a case was registered, and the boyfriend was arrested.

According to the police, on Friday, a 24-year old woman came to the police station and complained that a person named Abdul Sufiyan Shaikh, 30, was blackmailing her. The victim told the police that she had befriended Shaikh at a gym and later, they fell in love. The couple got physically involved, and had taken intimate pictures of each other.