A 26-year-old Versova man has been held for trying to extract Rs 5 lakh by blackmailing his friend with the latter’s intimate video. The anti-extortion cell of the Crime Branch is also on the lookout for another friend of the complainant who secretly recorded the private clip when he was with his girlfriend in a hotel room.

Crime Branch sources said the accused were friends with the 20-year-old complainant for the past 8 months. The complainant told the police that the arrested accused, Arbaaz Hanif Ukani, alias Maddy, met him at Lokhandwala a few days ago and threatened to post the private video on social media if his demand was not met.