The CBI has booked a city-based junior TV actor for allegedly running an international online racket of sexual content by luring minor girls into providing him with nudes. He lured them with the promise of film roles. Cops said he contacted youngsters via social media and used their pictures to threaten them into joining the racket.

The CBI took suo-moto cognisance of the matter after its Online Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation (OCSAE) Prevention unit gathered intelligence about the racket. Teams then raided the actor's premises in Mumbai and recovered his laptop and other electronic gadgets.