MALAPPURAM: A youth was arrested for threatening women met through WhatsApp and for sexually and financially exploiting them. The Perinthalmman police caught Muhammad Yasim (19), a native of Pattambi Amayoor. He was arrested on the complaint filed by a native of Perinthalmanna.

Yasim's method is to meet housewives through spiritual WhatsApp groups, morph pictures and videos and extort money after threatening them. The police concluded that many are victims of his violence. An investigating team consisting of Perinthalmanna station inspector A Premjith, sub inspector Shijo C Thankachan, ASI Rekhamol, SCP O Shiju, CPOs Salman Palliyalthodi and Jayesh Ramapuram nabbed the accused. The accused produced before the Perinthalmanna court has been remanded.