Recently, actor Akshay Kumar recounted how his teenage daughter dealt with sexual harassment while gaming online. While she was playing an online game that allowed strangers to interact, somebody initially engaged with her, sending polite, friendly messages. After some deceptively innocent remarks, upon learning from her that she is female, the person, shockingly, asked her for nude pictures of herself. She shut the game at once and informed her mother about what had happened.

The star was speaking at the inauguration of Cybersecurity Awareness Month at the Maharashtra Police headquarters. Like the actor cautioned, we, too, endorse that people need to see a pattern in this harassment.  Predators first build trust and then attempt to exploit minors. This is a modus operandi that can spiral out of control. Minors and youngsters can get embroiled in this racket, which may end up in extortion, and as we have often read or heard about in suicide cases, too.