Updated On: 08 February, 2021 08:11 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
“I appeal to all parents to monitor their children’s activities online and be aware of whom the child is chatting with as well as the content of their conversations,” said an official privy to the case.
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A 13-year-old boy has been booked by the police after a 14-year-old girl lodged a complaint against a certain ‘youth’ who had been blackmailing her with her objectionable video. The ‘youth’ turned out to be the teenage boy from her own school who had filmed the video when they were video chatting.
As per an India Today report, the complaint says that the girl accepted a friend request from an unknown user during the lockdown. They started chatting and slowly became friends.