Kathmandu: Nepal Police has arrested Rahul Balmiki, 23, of Nepalgunj-12, Banke for illegally operating and hacking Facebook accounts of more than 40 female users and posting obscene images in view of blackmailing them.

He was arrested in Banke and was further send to Kathmandu for further investigation.

Rahul is a choreographer by profession, where most of his victim are his own students. He has been charged under the Electronic Transactions Act 2008.

SSP Sarbendra Khanal, in-charge, Metropolitan Police Crime Division, said, ” As the use of internet is growing people are unaware of safety measures so they fall prey to cyber crime. The Nepal police is trying its best in every possible way to safeguard the public but at times it is very hard as the people are vulnerable in social networking sites and they do not know what to do at times of need. so a great level of awareness is needed in terms of cyber safety and security.”