<p>An inter-state sextortion racket has now targeted a senior Trinamool Congress leader and three-time party MLA from the Chuchura Assembly constituency in West Bengal's Hooghly district, Asit Majumdar. However, Majumdar dodged the nefarious attempt and filed an FIR with the local police.</p>.<p>Explaining his experience, Majumdar said on September 12, he received a WhatsApp video call on his mobile from an unknown number. "I received the call and after that, the video of a stripping female body flashed on the screen. Understanding that this might be a trap, I immediately disconnected the call. After that, similar video calls from the same number came to my mobile thrice again. However, I disconnected the call instead of receiving it," Majumdar said.</p>.<p>However, things took a different turn on September 13. "I received a WhatsApp voice call from another number on my mobile. When I received the call, one person identified himself as an officer of the Delhi Police. He told me that he has a detailed recording of my sex video call, which will be circulated soon through social media and made viral. Understanding that this particular call had some connection with the video call I received the previous day, I politely asked him to make me a normal call and not a WhatsApp call. Then the caller repeated the same threat. Thereafter I politely told him that I understood that the caller is not a police officer and also told him that it is a fruitless exercise in trying to blackmail me," Majumdar said.</p>.<p>Thereafter, he registered a complaint with the cyber-crime division of Chandernagor Police Commiserate and also submitted the two numbers from where the calls came.</p>.<p>He also explained why he decided to inform the media about this matter instead of keeping it a private affair. "Every day these sextortion rackets target several people. Some of them succumb out of fear of losing social prestige and end up paying money to the fraudsters. So, I narrated my story to send a word of caution to the people. My first appeal to people is to avoid accepting WhatsApp video calls from unknown numbers. Secondly, even if you accept such a call by mistake and get blackmailed, inform the police without any hesitation," Majumdar concluded.</p>
<p>An inter-state sextortion racket has now targeted a senior Trinamool Congress leader and three-time party MLA from the Chuchura Assembly constituency in West Bengal's Hooghly district, Asit Majumdar. However, Majumdar dodged the nefarious attempt and filed an FIR with the local police.</p>.<p>Explaining his experience, Majumdar said on September 12, he received a WhatsApp video call on his mobile from an unknown number. "I received the call and after that, the video of a stripping female body flashed on the screen. Understanding that this might be a trap, I immediately disconnected the call. After that, similar video calls from the same number came to my mobile thrice again. However, I disconnected the call instead of receiving it," Majumdar said.</p>.<p>However, things took a different turn on September 13. "I received a WhatsApp voice call from another number on my mobile. When I received the call, one person identified himself as an officer of the Delhi Police. He told me that he has a detailed recording of my sex video call, which will be circulated soon through social media and made viral. Understanding that this particular call had some connection with the video call I received the previous day, I politely asked him to make me a normal call and not a WhatsApp call. Then the caller repeated the same threat. Thereafter I politely told him that I understood that the caller is not a police officer and also told him that it is a fruitless exercise in trying to blackmail me," Majumdar said.</p>.<p>Thereafter, he registered a complaint with the cyber-crime division of Chandernagor Police Commiserate and also submitted the two numbers from where the calls came.</p>.<p>He also explained why he decided to inform the media about this matter instead of keeping it a private affair. "Every day these sextortion rackets target several people. Some of them succumb out of fear of losing social prestige and end up paying money to the fraudsters. So, I narrated my story to send a word of caution to the people. My first appeal to people is to avoid accepting WhatsApp video calls from unknown numbers. Secondly, even if you accept such a call by mistake and get blackmailed, inform the police without any hesitation," Majumdar concluded.</p>