The Juhu Police with the help of the Malvani police have arrested a 34-year-old make-up artiste for allegedly blackmailing his colleague and circulating a private video of the latter on social media. The accused, identified as Pankaj Manoj Tiwari, a resident of Malad West, was arrested on Saturday.

According to the police, the accused and the complainant, 38, were friends and worked together as make-up artistes for TV serials and films. Last month, when both were sitting together at a restaurant in the Juhu area. During that time, Tiwari reportedly got hold of the complainant’s mobile phone and began looking at photos and videos in the gallery. While doing so, he found a personal video of the complainant with his wife, which he played and recorded on his own phone.