A 33-year-old son of a retired assistant commissioner of police may well be one of the most devious criminals in the city. Milind Vasant Shete weaved an elaborate web of deceit juggling between playing the roles of a girl, a blackmailer, and a victim to trick a 14-year-old boy into allowing himself to be sodomised repeatedly between March and July.

The Samta Nagar police, who arrested Shete on Sunday, believe that the 33-year-old who used the name ‘Sweetie Pie’ to create a fake profile that started it all may have sodomised several young boys in the past as well.