Five men have been arrested for allegedly extorting money from a businessman on the pretext to block the victim's obscene video on social media, police said on Friday.

The accused have been identified as Khurshid Khan (31), Raman (42), Kaluram (33), Vikram Jatav (24), all residents of Rajasthan, and Murari (42), a resident of Uttar Pradesh, they said.