Bhopal man arrested for livestreaming sexual activities with wives

A 24-year-old man was arrested in MP's Vidisha for livestreaming sex with his two wives on various apps for money. People paid him for the 'live show', and he is believed to have made lakhs from this. He was arrested on Saturday after his second wife went to police. He has been charged with rape and violation of privacy after she accused him of subjecting her to torture and criminal intimidation by showing their intimate moments to audience digitally.

According to a Times of India report, the accused has studied only till Class 10 but is tech savvy and knows his way around cyberworld, say police. He was active on several dating apps, and had learned to redeem cash from digital gifts on these apps. “He had put a certain DP on the apps. Anyone who ‘liked’ it  was sent a message with a ‘menu’, starting with Rs 100 for a demo, and going up to Rs 500, Rs 700 and Rs 1,000. There were separate charges for ‘faceless’ and ‘with face’ streaming", said an officer. Police have detected transactions of nearly Rs 6 lakh in just one of the accounts that he opened on August 28. “We think he was earning Rs 3,000 to Rs 4,000 a day,” he said, adding that tracking down those who paid is proving to be a very tough task. 

Vidisha, a predominantly agricultural district, is about 50km from Bhopal. The first wife of the suspect is from Bengaluru. "They met on social media and got married. She is seven months pregnant. His second wife is from Uttar Pradesh and is a deeply spiritual person. She is a follower of a spiritual guru and fell into his trap after he pretended to be a devotee as well. They got married in a temple after a brief courtship said the investigator, adding that neither woman knew about the other. “The first wife doesn’t have any complaint against him. He had convinced her by showing her dreams of a better future,” CSP Vikas Pandey told TOI. During the interrogation, the accused has admitted to live-streaming sexual activities with both wives, say police. He has been booked for rape, publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form, and violation of privacy of an individual. Phones, bank details, and jewellery worth Rs 12 lakh have been seized from him.