Nagpur: A 39-year-old man has been booked for allegedly extorting ₹6.5 lakh from a 44-year-old woman by blackmailing her with a video recorded during a meeting after they connected through a matrimonial website.

The accused, identified as Mayur Ashok Talreja, a resident of Juni Mangalwari in Jaripatka, came in contact with the woman through the matrimonial platform, according to the complaint registered at Lakadganj Police Station.

Police said Talreja allegedly invited the woman to a hotel for a meeting and secretly recorded a video of her. He later allegedly used the video to threaten and blackmail her, extracting ₹6.5 lakh from her over the period mentioned in the complaint.

The accused also allegedly subjected the woman to physical and mental harassment and threatened to kill her, the complaint stated.

Following the woman's complaint, Lakadganj police registered a case against Talreja under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) pertaining to cheating, extortion and criminal intimidation.

Further investigation is underway.