Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Cyber Security & Crime Division team arrested a man from Cumilla, whom it says hacked social media accounts and blackmailed their owners for money.

The man, identified as, used to hack people’s Facebook IDs and threaten them of posting obscene materials from their accounts. He used to demand money through BKash from the victims in exchange of access to their accounts, said Nazmul Islam, additional deputy commissioner of Cyber Security & Crime unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

The police also seized two mobile phones and around Tk 577,000 from his possession, the official said.

He was arrested in connection with a case filed with Dhaka’s Mohammadpur Police Station under the Digital Security Act, added the ADC.