A 45-year-old man has been arrested by the Mumbai Crime Branch for allegedly morphing photographs of a Mumbai-based woman, blackmailing her and demanding Rs 5 lakh over a past dispute. The woman was earlier employed with a surrogacy centre in Gujarat.

As per a report in The Times of India, the city crime branch arrested the accused on Thursday from his village in Rajasthan and handed him over to Matunga police, which registered an offence under Indian Penal Code sections for outraging the modesty of a woman, making threats and extortion as well as under the Information Technology Act. He has been remanded to police custody.