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Bhupendra Vishwakarma (38) and his family were forced to take their lives to free themselves from the threats and torment by 5 Muslim men. Bhupendra and his wife had poisoned their two children before committing suicide.
As per Ratibad police station house officer (SHO) Hemant Shrivastava, the 5 perpetrators are Sharik Beg (25), Mohammad Ubez Khan (27), Arshad Beg (29), Shahjahan Khan (31) and Farhan Rehman (30).
A suicide note was also recovered from the spot. It was found that family took this extreme step, because Bhupendra was under a huge debt, and was severely threatened by an online company he worked in to repay the loan. If he failed then they threatened to send their obscene videos to all of the contacts in his phone.
As per the family members of the victims, the mobile and laptop of the deceased from the company had been hacked. His obscene videos and photos were made viral on all the contact numbers he had in his mobile. The Muslim men further threatened and demanded money from them. 4 to 5 days before committing suicide, Bhupendra had also posted a WhatsApp status ‘I am not sending this message. Please ignore it and apologize for the inconvenience caused’.
As per the police, the 5 perpetrators are a part of a digital scam. They were involved in operating an account opened at Yes Bank located on Hamidia Road in which Vishwakarma had transferred Rs 95,700 earlier. The police checked all the transactions during which it was revealed that transactions worth Rs 8 crore were carried out in the account.
SHO Shrivastava said the account in Yes Bank was opened in the name of Amayra Traders whose proprietor was Sharik. He was caught first who them named all of the others who became a reason for the death of 2 adults and 2 children.