Woman alleges delivery boy forced her to strip, holding son at knifepoint, blackmailing her with pics

Noida: A 23-year-old hairdresser who also delivers groceries was arrested on Thursday for allegedly forcing a customer to strip by pointing a knife at her son, recording her explicit pictures and videos, and later blackmailing her.Police said the incident happened in July at the woman's Greater Noida apartment, where the accused, Gaurav, delivered milk and other household goods. The woman claimed Gaurav harassed her for over two months with the photos before she called the emergency police helpline —Dial 112 — on Sept 2, allegedly after he uploaded some of her photos online and shared them with her husband, who works in Ahmedabad. According to cops, Gaurav visited her flat, apparently saying he wanted to talk to her, on July 10.

The FIR states that once he was in the house, the accused pulled out a knife and held it to the neck of her son, who was sleeping in a room. The woman claimed that Gaurav threatened to kill the boy if she resisted and forced her to undress while he recorded videos and took photographs.

The woman, in her statement, said, "When I refused, he threatened to kill my children. He said he would throw my daughter into a drain. Fearing for their lives, I complied."

Gaurav then allegedly began blackmailing her, repeatedly visiting her flat and warning her not to report the incident to the police. On one occasion, he allegedly scaled her fourth-floor flat's balcony at night. On Sept 2, when he sent the videos to her husband, uploaded some clips on social media and showed up at her door around 6am, the woman finally called the cops.An officer at Surajpur police station said Gaurav fled before police reached his house but was later tracked down and arrested.

"The accused has been booked under BNS sections 76 (assault or use of criminal force with intent to disrobe) and 351(3) (criminal intimidation), along with provisions of the IT Act. His phone containing the videos has been seized, and further investigation is underway," the officer said.

Police added that they are probing whether he had targeted other women in the area using similar tactics. They will also assess CCTV camera footage from the society to ascertain how the man could get into the complex and scale the walls undetected.