The suspect Avinash Reddy became friends with one of the girls on Instagram and proposed love to her and she accepted. Eventually, he allegedly started blackmailing the girl, saying he was interested in her sister as well. When the girl confronted him, he started threatening her by showing her private photos and videos
The convicted person, Syed Rahman (39), a resident of Chilkanagar in Uppal who runs a bicycle repair shop at Nacharam near the girl’s house, became friend with her by luring her with eatables.