1 / 8Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Neeraj Dixit has lodged a police complaint alleging that an unidentified woman made a video call to him and performed obscene acts.2 / 8The woman later used the recorded clip to blackmail him, informed a police official.3 / 8Deputy Superintendent of Police Shashank Jain informed the reporters on Tuesday that the police have registered a case under section 385 (extortion) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and relevant provisions of the Information Technology Acton basis information received from the Chhatarpur MLA. 4 / 8Informing further about the incident, the police officer said, “MLA Neeraj Dixit has submitted an application at Garhi Malehara police station that an unidentified woman recently made a video call on his personal number.5 / 8The woman allegedly performed obscene acts and recorded the video call. Later, she started blackmailing him on the basis of the video.”6 / 8Jain further informed that the MLA justified attending to the call assuming it might be someone from his constituency calling him for help. 7 / 8There is no clarity as to how the amount demanded by the woman as the case is still under investigation, however, the Congress MLA had received SMSes from the same number previously. 8 / 8As per the report, while the MLA could not be contacted for his statement, his representative Bali Chaurasia informed that the incident took place 4-5 days ago when the MLA was seated with his family. On seeing the woman perform obscene acts, the MLA immediately disconnected the call, Bali added. The police officer investigating the case informed that such cyber crimes have become a common occurrence these days.