Man held for cheating woman of around 155 sovereigns of gold jewellery

The All-Women Police, Tiruvottiyur, have arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly obtaining gold jewellery from a 33-year-old married woman on various pretexts and later threatening to upload her photographs on social media when she demanded the jewellery back.

The police said the woman was estranged from her husband in 2024, and they lived separately. During this time, she became acquainted with Harikrishnan on Instagram. He claimed to be a lawyer and a friend of her younger brother and offered to provide legal assistance to resolve her marital dispute. According to the complaint, Harikrishnan developed a close relationship with the woman and allegedly took intimate photographs of her without her knowledge.