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Bhopal Data Engineer Arrested on Rape and Blackmail Allegations

Police describe a pattern of suicide threats paired with coerced filming to control her.

Overview

  • Police in Ashoka Garden registered a rape case and arrested a 29-year-old data engineer after the woman filed a complaint.
  • Investigators say he summoned her by showing a noose during a video call and threatening to kill himself if she did not come.
  • Officers report he recorded the first assault without consent and then used the videos to force repeated sex by threatening to leak them.
  • According to police, the two first met at her brother’s wedding in June 2025 and contact broke off in August before the alleged assault that September.
  • The complaint also cites a fresh threat and assault in March 2026 after she refused further demands, and the case now proceeds through investigation and court custody.