The Cyber Cell of Mumbai Crime Branch on Monday arrested three people, froze 175 Facebook accounts and busted a massive ‘sextortion’ racket targeting politicians, bureaucrats and celebrities. The accounts were using photographs of women to target people, said cyber cell officials.

According to crime branch, the accused were arrested from the tri-junction of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan."They have been creating fake accounts with pictures of good looking women to target people, mainly celebrities, politicians and bureaucrats. There are multiple complaints which are being investigated," said Milind Bharambe, joint commissioner of crime, Mumbai