Hasin Jahan, the estranged wife of cricketer Mohammad Shami, had been receiving calls threatening to post her photographs and mobile number on obscene websites if she did not pay up, she complained to police on Sunday.

Based on her complaint, a former help at Hasin’s house and her son were arrested on Tuesday night. Shila Sarkar and Devraj Sarkar, residents of Canning in South 24-Parganas, have been charged with extortion, outrage of modesty of a woman through words and gestures and criminal intimidation.

“I started receiving calls from unknown numbers in September. A man who had introduced himself as my former maid’s son said he wanted money. When I asked him why I should pay him, he started abusing me and threatened to post my photographs and mobile number on obscene websites,” Hasin told The Telegraph.

She said she had hired Shila for a few days. She had apparently found Shila “rude and always on the phone” and so discontinued her services after “eight or nine” days.

“I had paid all her dues and then dismissed her. Soon after a man introducing himself as her son started calling me up saying I owed them money,” Hasin said.

She said initially she had tried to ignore the calls and messages and blocked the number. But when the accused kept bothering her, she decided to approach the police.

“Maybe he thought I was an easy target as I live alone with my children. So, I decided to lodge a complaint to set an example that they cannot get away with anything,” she said.