Four years after he jumped bail, the Delhi Police Crime Branch apprehended a 28-year-old sex offender on Saturday, officers said.

The accused, Sumit Kumar was arrested in 2020 for coercing a minor girl into sharing explicit photos with him, said officers.

According to police, the girl’s father had registered a case under Section 12 of POCSO and sections 66E, 67 and 67B of the IT Act after she confided in him about receiving messages from her former tutor claiming that he had found nude photographs of the girl online.

“He sent her a phishing link which required her Facebook credentials. Upon logging in, the accused hacked her account and coerced the victim to share obscene images under fear and deception,” said DCP Crime (Aditya Gautam). He added that Kumar would send her manipulated i

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