A doctor in Calcutta had received WhatsApp video calls from unknown numbers and screenshots of such calls were allegedly morphed and used to extort money from him, police said on Sunday.

Two men — identified as Fakruddin and Aslam Deen Khan — were arrested in Alwar district of Rajasthan on Saturday in connection with the case.

The 61-year-old doctor, attached to a private hospital, had lodged a complaint with Phoolbagan police station around a month ago saying he had received multiple video calls on WhatsApp on a particular day, following which he was being blackmailed.

He mentioned in the complaint that screenshots of the video calls with his photograph morphed with obscene pictures were used to blackmail him. The racket allegedly threatened to circulate the morphed screenshots on social media if he did not cough up money.

“The doctor was forced to pay the extortion money, which he transferred to a bank account. We found that the money from that account was transferred to two more accounts in Alwar. We could zero in on the accused through details of the bank accounts,” said an officer.

Four mobile phones and three ATM cards of different banks were seized from the accused, who have been brought to Calcutta.

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