The Ratibad police on Sunday arrested five Islamists in connection with the suicide of Ratibad resident Bhupendra Vishwakarma (38) and his family. Bhupendra and his wife had poisoned their two children before committing suicide.

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 or obscene videos will be sent to all of his contacts in his phone.

The family members of Bhupendra told that 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. Along with this, they were threatening and demanding money. 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’.

Now, police have arrested 5 Muslim men, who were responsible for running this digital scam. The accused 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.

Ratibad police station house officer (SHO) Hemant Shrivastava told Free Press Journal that Sharik Beg (25), Mohammad Ubez Khan (27), Arshad Beg (29), Shahjahan Khan (31) and Farhan Rehman (30) were arrested on Sunday evening. SHO Shrivastava said the account in Yes Bank was opened in the name of Amayra Traders whose proprietor was Sharik. Police have initially arrested Sharik, who revealed the names of his four other accomplices.