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Sextortion after a video call
What usually matters in this situation, and the papers to keep ready before you meet an advocate or free legal aid (call 15100).
Before anything elseDo not pay. Report on cybercrime.gov.in and 1930.
Make my own list — free, 2 minutes
Your situation
- What is happening? They are demanding money or more images
- Do you know who is doing it? Someone I met online
Where you stand
- In your favour Platforms must remove intimate or morphed images within 2 hours of your complaint.
- Be careful Paying rarely ends it — keep the evidence and report instead.
- Next step If a platform ignores you, its Grievance Officer and then the Grievance Appellate Committee are the next steps.
Do these now
- Report to the platform (choose "nudity / non-consensual / impersonation")
They must act within 2 hours for this kind of content. Where: Report button in the app. - Complaint on cybercrime.gov.in or at the police station
Starts investigation and lets police order takedowns. Where: cybercrime.gov.in (you can report anonymously in this section) - Use StopNCII.org to block the image on partner platforms
Works without sending the actual image. Where: stopncii.org - Stop replying and do not pay
Paying almost always leads to more demands.
Papers to gather
- Links (URLs) and usernames where it is posted or sent from
Platforms remove by link; police trace accounts by username. Where: Copy from the app (Share → Copy link). - Screenshots of threats and demands, with date and time
Proves the crime even if they delete it. Where: Your chats. - Any payments you made to them
Helps trace them and freeze accounts. Where: UPI / bank history.
What the law says
IT Rules (amended, in force from 20 February 2026): platforms must remove non-consensual intimate images, including AI-made or morphed ones, within 2 hours of a complaint. Sharing such images is a crime under the IT Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Report on cybercrime.gov.in (women and child safety section) or 1930.
General information, not legal advice.
Saboot will also ask
- Are you safe right now?
- Were you under 18 in the images?
Similar situations
- Ex threatening to leak my private photos
- Private photos posted online
- Someone made a deepfake or morphed photo of me
- Leaked photos of someone under 18
Sources
- IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2026 — G.S.R. 120(E), in force 20 Feb 2026 (intimate-image complaints: action within 2 hours)
- National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (MHA)
The full guide: Someone leaked, morphed or deepfaked my photos, or is blackmailing me with them · All situations